- Started Chapter 5 on poetry.
- Answered the questions on pg. 133 in pairs.
- Compared poetry, which use specific elements of rhythm and rhyme, to prose, which uses paragraph form.
- Reviewed the chart of poetic elements on pp. 138-139.
- Compared a traditional sonnet by William Shakespeare with a contemporary poem by Billy Collins. Both used metaphors, symbols and imagery. However, the sonnet had a stricter form, with a consistent rhythm and rhyme scheme.
- Reviewed common student abbreviations for classes on p. 140 (question 3).
- Listened to the conversation and answered the questions in Ex. A, Listening for the Main Idea, and Ex. B, Listening for Inferences, all on p. 141.
Homework
- Ex. B, Guessing the Meaning from Context, p. 159
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