1. Why do writers often turn to nature as a medium for their purposes?
2. How is the context of an author’s life reflected in his/her works?
A. Opening Assignment: Practice EOC Passage (10)
B. Go over requirements for on-demand writing test.
1. Stand Alone Prompt (choose between 2) for 40 minutes
2. Argumentative for 90 minutes
C. Go over the definition of each type of writing.
D. Examine a sample prompt for informative requirement.
Use the planning template.
E. Examine a sample prompt for argumentative requirement.
Analyze a sample response.
Use the argumentative graphic organizer.
F. Go over procedures for poetry literature circles (running record and poetry analysis template)
1st period: Go over poetry analysis template.
G. Poetry Literature Circles (Coleridge's "Come, Come Thou Bleak December Wind"; Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty"; Shelley's "To Night"; Blake's "Night"; Keats' "To Autumn"; Clare's "First Love")