Today's Agenda: Reading Between the Lines (Remember copy only what is in red): PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE AGENDA

1. Please copy the following question down. You will write down an answer to it using textual evidence by line before you leave class today:
What do we learn about the Duke from the way he describes the Duchess and the painting of her? Need at least 2 adjectives!

2. Copy these definitions ONTO YOUR POEM--draw a box around them if you haven't yet
mantle (ln 16)--loose, sleeveless cape
laps (ln 16)--lays partly over something
design (ln 6)--plan or project

thus (ln 13)--in this way or manner
durst (ln 11)--dared

3. Re-read lines 1-21
4. Answer the summarizing questions from your question sheet (#5-12 together) (#13-21 with a partner*)
5. Go over your answers
6. Make sure you have some ADJECTIVES that would describe the Duke from this analysis
7. Write the answer to the question in #1 at the top of this blog page and turn it in before you leave.

TREEE*S FORMAT FOR A QUICK WRITE: please copy everything ABOVE THE LINE

TREEES format (reminder for my students)  (8 POINTS OR MULTIPLE OF 8)

T-thesis (the point you are proving)
R-reason (basic sentence explaining why you think this is true)
E-Evidence/Explain (cite and connect to the thesis)
E-(cite and connect to the thesis)
E*-(cite and connect to the thesis) (* this would be advanced right now)
S-summarize (sum up your points)

****Also, remember to add your TAG (Title, Author, Genre) in your response--
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Today we will:
1. Take notes on the TREEE*S format
2. Listen to the full-reading of "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning AGAIN! (video)
3. Finish our summarizing questions
4. Answer any questions you have about the first 8 lines
5. Write our first Quick Write (with help if you need it)--this will be the assessment for the day!
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Quick Write Topic: Analyze the impact of specific word choices (diction) on meaning and tone (2 words)
(use your summarizing questions from yesterday for help)
Example:
     In the first 8 lines of the dramatic monologue "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning, the author uses the words __________ and ___________ which have an significant impact on the meaning and tone. This is because ______________. 
    The author's choice of the word ________ has an impact on the meaning of the work because ________. In line _____the Duke states ______________ . This shows________________.
    In line _______ the author also uses the word __________ which is important because it tells us_________________. It has an impact on the tone because___________.
    Both of these words have an impact on how the reader understands the dramatic monologue because_______________.

Please start a new page of notes: Copy only the notes that appear in red

"My Last Duchess"--by Robert Browning

tone--attitude towards a topic
diction--author's specific word choice
connotation--an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning (ex: dark)
dramatic monologue-a long excerpt in a play, poem or story that reveals a character's thoughts and feelings. Sometimes we can see what a character is thinking, but it isn't always so clear. We get to see inside a character's head and then we better understand what motivates that character.

Quick Write Topic: Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (2 words)

Audio link to the poem (do not play in class right now I will play it)

Today we will:
*Copy notes for literary terms
*Go over the Quick Write topic so we know what we are looking for
*Listen to a full reading of "My Last Duchess"
*Look at lines #1-8 and annotate
*Answer the summarizing questions for these lines

Elements of a Story or Drama Notes/Questions on Robert Browning

Today we will:
1. Finish taking notes: slideshow notes
2. Re-read our passage silently to ourselves
3. Complete the worksheet for plot
4. Read the following link about the Poetry of Robert Browning
5. Use the link to answer the following questions with a partner on a sheet of paper:
 
Questions: MUST USE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE IN YOUR ANSWER
1. Why is Robert Browning considered one of the "hardest of his contemporaries to classify"?
2. Give some examples of the elements of his poetry.
3.What is a dramatic monologue and what does it allow the writer to do?
4. What/who influenced Robert Browning's works?

Audio link of the poem

Today we will...

Finish the practice mc...Monday we will finish a second portion---Friday WE WILL NOT WORK ON THE TEST...but we will begin something else...

Please take these notes...

The NYS Common Core English Exam: MANDATORY FOR GRADUATION 75% or higher

Part I
3 reading passages and multiple choice questions to go with each (1 is usually a poem) approx. 25 quest.
Part II
Read four texts and choose three to write an argument essay
Part III
Write a Text-Analysis Response of min. of 2-3 paragraphs based on a reading passage

Writing With Light (our photography project)

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