AP Literature and CompositionNovember 17, 2008

Ms. Cares

Agenda - First Period: 1. Guided poetry questions continued:

Take notes and consider how you’re going to approach upcoming poems.

2. Update the Literary Term Glossary. 2. Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song”:

Examine with a partner and unpack using the guided poetry questions.

3. Class discussion of “Siren Song.”

Agenda - Third Period:

1. Update your Literary Term Glossary.

2. Using structure to unpack meaning: Examine both “The Thing of It” and “Siren Song” with a group of 2-3 students. Answer the related questions.

3. Report out to the class on your group’s interpretations of the poems.

Update the Literary Term Glossary:

End-stopped: A line with a pause at the end. Lines that end with a period, comma, colon, semicolon, exclamation point, or question mark are end-stopped lines.Example? Look at Robert Frost’s “The Thing of It”

Third Period Structure Activity: Answer the following questions regarding

both “The Thing of It” and “Siren Song.” Remember that punctuation is part of structure.1. Where do the poems use end-stopped lines and what is the effect of this punctuation? 2. Consider the poets’ use of stanzas and punctuation. What is the interpretive effect of these stanzas?

Homework:

Finish The Secret Life of Bees. Enjoy!