1. October 26, 2012 Please get the following: a scantron from counter your vocab packet to grade a pencil

2. REMINDERS!!!! Vocab is due today – we are going to grade the packets! Also, you need to register for my Edmodo page by today! The group # is t61v8m – you use this code whether you have an existing account or need to create one! (Check it over the weekend – I will have an assignment power point uploaded that will be due on Monday!!!)

3. Vocab #7 Quiz On the scantron, please fill out the following info: –Name (YOUR name) –Hour (YOUR hour) –Subject: Vocab #7 Quiz –Date: 10/26/12 After you are finished, turn in the scantron to the tray and quiz to the counter! Then, get a textbook and read the poem, “Incident in a Rose Garden” on page 145!

4. “The Raven” Now, let’s take a look at another interpretation of the poem! The Simpsons’ annual Halloween show did a rendition of “The Raven,” and as you are watching, think about the questions that are on your handout! You will need to answer them afterwards because we will discuss them!

5. “The Raven” Please answer the following questions in your notes or on the handout: Do you feel this version stayed true to the true intent of the poem? Did it show the sadness and loss that Poe poured into this poem? Why would the creators of this version create it in the manner they did? ASSESS: How was THEIR intent different from that of Poe?

6. Death Comes Knocking… Today, we are going to read another poem that is going to use personification! (Page 145) Please write the following questions in your notes – you will answer them after reading the poem: –What was the gardener’s motivation for running to speak with his master? What was the author’s purpose for having the gardener come into the garden? –Who then enters the garden to speak with the man? What was this visitor’s motivation, and why is the ending of the poem ironic? –What universal theme is being addressed in this poem? –What is the visitor a symbol of? Draw a picture of how the author depicts him! –Final Inference: How are both poems, “The Raven,” and “Incident in a Rose Garden,” alike?

7. Incident in a Rose Garden… Now that we have finished reading, get with a partner and the Literary Devices questions listed below! Literary Devices: –Irony – How is the ending of this poem ironic? –Personification – What is personified in this poem? Is this a common theme to be personified? –Rhyme and Rhythm – Does this poem follow the same rhyme and rhythm rules that “The Raven,” did? Do you like how it was written? Why or why not?