Monthly Archives: January 2012

Weekend Homework

Posted on January 27, 2012 by jculver

I found this online:  Someone LOVES poetry!Read Dickinson poems again to yourself on page 589. Write answers (in complete sentences) to questions after the poems.   Have Dickinson vocab written down as well. Have a good weekend!

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Posted on January 24, 2012 by jculver

FIRST TEST OF 3rd 9 Weeks tomorrow.  Study literary terms on page one of your folder, all vocab from the following poetry selections: Wordsworth, Whitman, Berry, Haiku.  Know what the poems’ meanings are and how to decipher the rhyme scheme. … Continue reading →

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Checking in…

Posted on January 17, 2012 by jculver

Hi. Sorry I’ve been absent from this blog!  Parents, very little homework has been sent out since we started back this 9 weeks.  Most of their work has been done in the classroom…the only homework is what is not finished … Continue reading →

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Posted on January 9, 2012 by jculver

On Friday, students continued working with Wordworth’s poem, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.”  They also did the questions after the poem, on page 521, 1-6. (Lit book) Today we went to the library and the students picked out a … Continue reading →

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Happy 2012!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by jculver

january12<—-January Class Calendar Yesterday we started the 3rd nine weeks when we started poetry.  Some students have been thrilled, others not so much. 🙂 We read “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Tennyson and watched two short video clips … Continue reading →

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