We have spent this last week of December working on poem writing and poem analysis. On Monday, students read a poem titled, "The Chimney Sweeper," and they were asked to "put their thinking on the page." We then discussed each stanza together. On Wednesday, we will consider the poetic devices used by William Blake in the poem, and we will learn about line and stanza breaks when writing our own poems.
Over the break, students should be thinking about the poetry project, and which song they might like to select to analyze. Please email me over the break if you would like to check the appropriateness of your song: msbarsky@yahoo.ca.
I hope you all have a safe and restful break. I look forward to working with you again in 2013.
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