In all classes, you were assigned the Lucy Grealy memoirs and the attached log that you will be completing for each chapter of each text between now and December 6 (as noted in class, I have already included a 3 day extension for this due date). At this point, you have your first memoir in your possession, and you should have some plan for breaking up the reading and work to pace yourself - and, ideally, not procrastinate - throughout the whole process. If absent, you will need the assignment sheet and text to begin the process as soon as possible.
Meanwhile in the world of diction...
1: We continued working with thesis statements with you working in groups to analyze diction in a passage and create a strong, engaging, mature, collegiate-sounding thesis statement. You will be "teaching" your passage to the class tomorrow.
3: We didn't go too far today, but we did read Shelley's "Ozymandias." Tomorrow, we will work on "marrying" two poems together and creating a dual thesis statement, analyzing "Ode on a Grecian Urn," and finding out more about my beloved Keats. All of the aforementioned poems can be found online or in past blogs via links. You are expected to know "Ode on a Grecian Urn's" vocabulary and allusions so that we have a successful discussion of this influential poem.
5: I modeled for you how to present diction analysis for the Keats' letters, which included utilizing adjectives and devices to identify and explain ALL forms and patterns of diction in the common text. Then, you worked in groups to do the same with one of the letters. We will be wrapping this up tomorrow. Absentees, depending on the situation tomorrow, will either be placed in a group with few minutes to prepare or will be responsible for a summative wrap-up of all diction and purposes. In either circumstance, you should do a light close read of all the letters, so that you do have contribution points tomorrow.
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