Learning Targets:  I can find words (from The Awakening) and arrange them to convey ideas and feelings inspired by the words and the text (The Awakening) from where they came.

·        Found poems

Last night you circled 50 strong words in The Awakening. Today and tonight, I want you to arrange your words to capture/convey/suggest the essence of some idea or feeling inspired by the specific words you found and the story in general.

Some reminders/pointers:

You do not need to use all 50 words;

You may repeat words for the sake of emphasis or rhythm;

You may add two words of your own (e.g., is, the) but you may not repeat those words.

Give it a title (using your own words and/or words from Siddhartha)

It doesn't have to make sense!

You may add illustrations/drawings to your poem if you wish.

Be prepared to share tomorrow!

·        Revisiting Rhetoric (in preparation for the semester exam)

The packet I provided to you will help you to review some fundamentals of style and rhetoric and practice your rhetorical awareness by analyzing a speech by Queen Elizabeth I.

1.      Read about analyzing style and diction and syntax on page 40 (the first three paragraphs). 

2.      Read about questions you might ask about diction and syntax (from the bottom of 46 to the bottom of 47).

3.      Briefly skim the glossaries of rhetoric and style terms found at the back of the packet (36-37 and 78-80)

4.      Next, do the activity at the bottom of 41 (read and annotate Queen Elizabeth’s speech on page 40-41; see pages 50-51 for a good annotation example) using the four-column graphic organizer modeled for you on pp 52-53). 

·        Homework…

Type and print your Siddhartha Found Poem

Type and print your four-column chart for the Queen Elizabeth I speech.