Dead+Poets+Society

5/27-6/4/2014

Song Presentations

5/23/2014







DUE BY THE END OF CLASS: **PRINTED PRESENTATION AND LYRICS.**


 * Revise resume and save for future reference.

5/21/2014



5/15/2014

Research || Multiple Choice (4 options each) Correct vs. Incorrect (1 pair per rule) || 32 3 (Parenthetical References) || Analyze & Interpret || Multiple Choice (3 or 4 options each) Paraphrase & Interpret || 25 ||
 * Content ||  Question Style  ||  Number of Questions  ||
 * Evolution of the English Language || Multiple Choice (4 options each) || 5 ||
 * Grammar: Comma vs. Semicolon || Correct vs. Incorrect (1 pair per rule) || 5 ||
 * MLA Style & Format
 * Applying Skills: Poetry
 * ||  ||  **70 points**  ||



5/12-5/16

//Dead Poets Society//



Trailer

5/9/2014

Poetry Quiz: 15 points.

Continue song analysis.

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Schedule

5/8/2014

Poetry Journal Due 1.All poems will be collected as a packet/journal. 1.ONE poem will be graded for quality and content. 2.ALL poems were graded for completion.

Begin song analysis.

5/7/2014

"The Ballad of William Bloat" 10-Step Analysis Guide

5/6/2014



"O Captain! My Captain!" 10-Step Analysis Guide

5/5/2014

"She Walks in Beauty" 10-Step Analysis Guide

5/2/2014

5/1/2014

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" 10-Step Analysis Guide

4/30/2014

•Jesuits: members of Society of Jesus •Lye: destination of pilgrimage •Stews: illegal houses of immoral purpose (gambling, drinking, prostitution)

•Hint: Lots of alliteration (consonants) and assonance (vowels)/allusions/irony

"The Prophet" 10-Step Analysis

4/29/2014

"O My Luve is Like a Red, Red Rose" 10-Step Analysis

4/28/2014

The movie [|Dead Poets Society](1989) was inspired by the unconventional teaching style of the now retired Samuel F. Pickering, a writer and former professor of English at the University of Connecticut.





1. Take notes. 2. Analyze "The Road Not Taken" as a class.