“The Raven” Scansion Day 1

“THE RAVEN” SCANSIONDAY 15 March 2013 Miss Rice

Warm-Up Underline the accented (louder) syllable in each

of the following two-syllable words Example: Happy Happy Hello Superb Gerbil

What you need today: prefix chart, comma rule packet

*Block 4 please hand in your group presentations

*Block 4 please exchange papers back with the peer whose paper you edited

Agenda Prefixes Comma Rules Scansion

CP Objectives 3/5 To learn and practice 2 new comma

rules. To understand poetry terms and sound

devices. To practice scansion. To identify rhyme, meter, and poetry

devices in lines of poetry.

Prefixes Un

Ex.- unfriendly, unfamiliar

Under Def.- under

Prefix AssignmentSee assignment sheet and example…

10 words of your creation using our prefixes

Define these new words Talk about how you would use each word

Dishuggable

6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers

Dates For dates, use a comma between the day of the

week and the month, between the day of the month and the year, and between the year and the rest of the sentence, if any.

Add commas to the example below

6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers

The war began on Thursday, January 17, 1991, with air strikes on Iraq.

6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers

NOTE: Do not use commas in inverted order or with dates consisting of only the month and year.

Examples 18 October 2007 Thousands of Germans swarmed over and through

the wall in November 1989 and effectively demolished it.

6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers

Addresses and place-names In addresses and place-names, use a comma after

each part, including the state if no ZIP code is given. A ZIP code, however, is not

preceded by a comma. Add commas to the examples below

6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers

Forward my mail to the English Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

Portland, Oregon, is much larger than Portland, Maine.

6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers

Titles Use a comma to set off a title such as M.D., Esq., and

so on from the name before it and from the rest of the sentence. The titles Jr. and Sr., however, are often not set off by commas.

Underline titles and add commas to the sentences below

6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers

Jaime Smith, Ph.D., will speak at the anthropology conference.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of last century’s greatest orators.

6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers

Numbers In numbers of five digits or more, use a comma

between each group of three digits, starting from the right.

Add commas in the example below

6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers

Ex. The city’s population rose to 17,126 in the 2000 census.

NOTE: Do not use a comma within house or building numbers, ZIP codes, or page numbers.

Ex. His parents live at 14711 Bayard Street, Richmond, Virginia 23233.

Turn to page 1566.

Homework Sections 1-3 on the comma practice

worksheet Finish the scansion worksheet Prefix HW due Thursday

Warm-Up Underline the accented (louder) syllable

in each of the following two-syllable words Example: Happy Happy Hello Superb Gerbil

Poetry Terms and Sound Devices*Use pencils today!!!!!!!*Highlighters needed, too! (we have some if you don’t)1. In groups of 3, define as many of the poetry

terms and sound devices as you can on the front and back of the worksheet

2. Write in definitions as we debrief in the large group

3. Mark terms on the copy of the first 2 stanzas of “The Raven” as we go

Scansion Mathematical equation Line lengths Step-by-step scansion process using the

samples

Scansion Practice Example 1 in pairs

Check as a class

Examples 2 and 3 independently and for HW

Exit Slip What is the difference between line

length and stanza length?

*Hand out dark romanticism unit test study guide

Homework Sections 1-3 on the comma practice

worksheet Finish the scansion worksheet Prefix HW due Thursday