Essential Questions:
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. Complete argumentative planning template.
B. Read aloud sample response (4) to "College Entrance Exams" prompt.
C. Go over procedures for poetry literature circles (running record and poetry analysis template)
1st, 4th, 5th, and 7th periods: Go over poetry analysis template.
D. 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")
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. Complete argumentative planning template.
B. Read aloud sample response (4) to "College Entrance Exams" prompt.
C. Go over procedures for poetry literature circles (running record and poetry analysis template)
1st, 4th, 5th, and 7th periods: Go over poetry analysis template.
D. 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")