For once, on this 223rd birthday of Keats, all classes are working with his letters in some form or fashion. First hour has the close read of the first letter for tomorrow's class, third hour has the last letter to present, and fifth hour, most likely, is wrapping up their essays this evening. Today, I found out that there is a John Keats Bicentenary that reviews letters he wrote on the corresponding date! I can't believe I didn't know about this, follow it, and worship it on daily basis!
And, while I was "researching" online, I found the Anaphora Dress and the Anaphora Boutique! That then stimulated a search for other AP Lang terms such as zeugma (it's a furniture design company). All of this is the study of AP Lang!
And, all of our tone texts are already on a previous blog for your perusal and preparation. Fifth hour is in the midst of tone, third hour will most likely start tomorrow, and first hour will be centered on attitude starting Friday.
1: We read "Ode on a Grecian Urn," identified it purpose and diction and crafted a polished thesis statement to represent the aforementioned items that you would need to cover in your introductory paragraph. Afterwards, you found out more about Keats and his life - especially regarding his relationship to Fanny, the addressee of his letters, which we will analyze for diction and purpose tomorrow.
3: After our vocab quiz, I modeled for you how to analyze and present Keats' letters (adjective, evidence, analysis, repeat until finished, purposes). Then, you did the same for your own assigned letter. Alas, we were short one, which means the last letter will be tomorrow.
5: While Keats may be part of your homework (tomorrow is the deadline), we spent our hour working with tone - how to identify five different tones, how to craft conversations to show the slightest tone shifts. Tomorrow, we will then transfer those shifts into poems. Remember, all the links were on a previous blog for you to use in preparation.
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