Tuesday, Feb. 5th (section 3), Wednesday, Feb. 6th (section 1 and 2)

Agenda: 

Descriptive papers were handed back to students with rubrics and comments. Students were to hand-in a second descriptive paper that reflected correction and learning from first attempt. Many students opted to take back their homework for a second revision on their second attempt. The second revision is due on Thursday, Feb. 7th for section 3.

Homework (for Section 3): 

1. Complete the worksheet attached here, using your own observations of the poem. DO NOT RESEARCH your answers as it hands over the authority of the poem to an external source and also takes away the the experience of uncovering meaning and arriving at a personal response--our very goal when analyzing literature. Also, the document is not editable, so please print it out and then write out your answers with your poem booklet next to you.

2. Rewrite your descriptive paper with it in mind that you are to
   a. Write a plan (Paragraph 1: orientating the reader to the situation and setting; Paragraph 2: allowing for movement for the writer, changing focus; Paragraph 3: interaction or movement of some sort experienced by the voyeur or the parties involved)
   b. Use 5 senses (auditory, visual, somatosensory gustatory, and olfactory)
   c. Complex, compound and simple sentence structure
   d. Literal sentences but with interesting verb choices and much detail
   e. Figurative language infused with personification, onomatopoeia, metaphors, similes, and other forms of imagery.

Homework (for Section 1):

 1. Rewrite your descriptive paper with it in mind that you are to
   a. Write a plan (Paragraph 1: orientating the reader to the situation and setting; Paragraph 2: allowing for movement for the writer, changing focus; Paragraph 3: interaction or movement of some sort experienced by the voyeur or the parties involved)
   b. Use 5 senses (auditory, visual, somatosensory gustatory, and olfactory)
   c. Complex, compound and simple sentence structure
   d. Literal sentences but with interesting verb choices and much detail
   e. Figurative language infused with personification, onomatopoeia, metaphors, similes, and other forms of imagery.

2. Read through the book of poetry. Be able to pick out a few poems that you would like to especially look into and read. Read Composed Upon Westminster Bridge by Williams Wordsworth. No need to annotate.