At the beginning of class today, everyone responded to the following writing prompt:
Do you think that authors intentionally put symbolism in their work? Why/why not?
After everyone had a chance to respond to this prompt, we discussed students answers. I then handed out copies of the article "Famous Novelists on Symbolism in their Work and Whether it was Intentional." Everyone was then asked to read the article and respond to the following two questions:
1 - How did this article inform your response to the question about whether or not author's put symbolism in their work intentionally.
2 - Choose one of the four questions from the survey and respond to it as though you are William Golding. Use examples from Lord of the Flies to explain your response.
Once everyone had responded to these questions, we reviewed answers as a class.
Next, we started working with Poetry Out Loud. I read the poem I am going to memorize ("To a Mouse") to the class. We then reviewed the guidelines and practice tips for Poetry Out Loud.
Everyone then had the rest of the period to read poems and identify poems they may be interested in reading. The approach for reading poetry today was to be a lot like looking at a restaurant at a menu where you review a lot of the items and keep in mind what sounds best before making a final decision.
The Poetry Out Loud poem finder page is a great resource in looking for poems.
Homework:
Read through a variety of poems for Poetry Out Loud and find a poem that you would like to memorize and recite (choose a poem you want to explore and would like to work more with).
Revise or complete any assignments from class as necessary.
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