First, we talked about the word pastoral and the related words naive, country, and provincial.
We then watched the opening scene from Beauty and the Beast and compared/contrasted it with Beauty and the Beat, by Todrick Hall. We also talked a little about caricatures and whether or not the video was racist.
We then read and annotate the Passionate Shepherd and The Nymph’s Reply.
Here is poem 1.
I woo’d Louis with promises of love and nature. He volunteered!
Walter Raleigh read that poem and thought it was ridiculous. Kinda like I thought when I first heard Bruno Mars’ “Grenade.” So he wrote a response:
Then, we partnered up with a buddy to do the Persuasion Partner Pre-Writing (Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4).
Here is my example that I did:
Here are my ideas for what a mother might say to a teacher to try and convince her/him to pass her failing child:
Here are my ideas as to how the teacher might respond to the parent:
Try to get as many ideas as possible so that writing the poem tomorrow will be easy!