Wednesday. February 7 - Gearing up for ICE

WARM UP

SAT Vocab Word of the Day #11:
IMPETUOUS (adj) - acting quickly and angrily without thinking

GRAMMAR - comma
Bedford - p. 390, Exercise 32-5 (1-5)

POETRY - Sonnet and Villanelle Analysis
 FYI: ICE on Block

Review

How do I quote lines from poetry?
What will the prompt look like?
Which tense should I write in? The answer is......PRESENT!

Quoting Poetry

If the piece of poetry you are quoting crosses multiple lines of the poem itself, you may still type them in your text run together. Show the reader where the poem's line breaks fall by using slash marks.

In his poem, "Mending Wall," Robert Frost writes: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall,/ that send the frozen-ground-swell under it" (42-44).

If the quotation is three lines or longer, set it off like a block quotation (see above). Some writers prefer to set off two-line verse quotations for emphasis. Quote the poem line by line as it appears on the original page. Do not use quotation marks, and indent one inch from the left margin.

In his poem "Mending Wall," Robert Frost questions the building of barriers and walls:

    Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
    What I was walling in or walling out,
    And to whom I was like to give offense. (45-47)

The Directions and the Prompt

• You will be given two poems.
• Read both. As you read, consider how the author creates meaning through the elements within the text. 
• Consider the areas you might want to examine to find EVIDENCE to support your interpretation or thesis. For example: 

1. evidence such as facts or direct wording
2. stylistic or persuasive elements such as word choice or appeals to emotion to add power to the ideas expressed.
3. structural features such as punctuation or rhyme schemes/structures
4. poetic devices 

Write a 5 paragraph essay in which you explain what the poem means and how you know what that meaning is. Your essay should not explain whether you agree or disagree with the message of the poem, but rather explain how the poet clearly states his/her message.

  
Thesis
     Contest
                   Although the Greek heroes were often demigods and quite selfish,
          Assert
                   they do have some major similarities with the typical modern hero
          Because
                    because they share the traits of self-sacrifice, loyalty and courage.

Paragraph Structure
 

Topic Sentences	T: The topic sentences lets the reader know what your subject is and what you are going to prove.  Never use "I" or talk about the essay/paragraph in this sentence. Always include a key word that correlates to the list in your thesis.
Introduce Evidence	I: After the topic sentence, you should introduce  the context of your evidence (or quote).
Evidence          (this could be a quote           or logical reasoning)	E: In a Literary Response essay this is the quote that demonstrates your point.
Discuss (aka commentary)	D: You must discuss how the evidence is important in proving your assertion from the thesis. Always button up your evidence on the thesis...never let your evidence speak for itself.

To incorporate more evidence, repeat the IED portions...TIEDIED or for a large body paragraph TIEDIEDIED. Extra Discussion sentences are good too.

If time, let's discuss J10 and write a couple of practice thesis statements.

HOMEWORK: 

• Bring paper and a pen or pencil. 
• Bring your journal.