I wandered lonely as a cloud

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Thesis: Wordsworth uses personification, imagery and symbolism as way to express how nature’s untainted beauty uplifts the human spirit.

Questions:
1. How did this poem make you feel?
2. Is the poems imagery affective? Explain.
3. Is there any use of simile(s) present? Explain.
4. How does Wordsworth personify the daffodils in stanza 2?
5. How would a simple title change: “walked” instead of “wandered” change the poems theme?
6. What is the relationship between the speaker and nature?

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My group needs our copy of the script that you sent us, we cannot find it. Thanks so much (:
We are Act 2 Scene 4

Verbs-Active and Passive Voice

Verbs have several qualities similar to nouns. They have singular and plural forms (number). They also have person (1st, 2nd and 3rd). In most instances in English the forms are very similar but there is a difference in the 3rd person singular (I run/You run/He runs).

Verbs have one other quality that does vary significantly in English: voice. Verbs or verb phrases can be active or passive. When writing formally, eliminate the passive voice from your writing.

Active Construction:

The boy hit the ball. (The subject does the action or is in a state of being, the object has something done to it)

Passive Construction:

The ball was hit by the boy. (The subject received the action. The boy is known as the agent)

*Often the passive voice is less clear because the agent is left out. e.g. The ball was hit.

Rewrite the following passive constructions using the active voice:

1. The students who were reading were disturbed by the ones who were talking.

The students who were talking disturbed the ones who were reading.

2. The new bylaw was voted down.

The city councilors voted down the new bylaw.

3. The principal was informed of an incredible opportunity by the mayor.

The mayor informed the principal of an incredible learning opportunity.

King Lear Act i Scene i

In this scene King Lear is planning on giving away parts of land and the castle to his daughters and their husbands before he dies. He asks for a speech from each of his daughters telling him how much they love him in favour of parts of the King's land and things. Cordelia is the only daughter who refuses to give a speech (probably because she is uncomfortable of speaking infront of a crowd) and simply says "nothing". The King is taken back by his favourite daughter's unwillingness and disowns her from his point. Kent, the King's duke/ trustworthy person, tries to defend Cordelia and tells the King he is making a mistake by banishing her but the King won't hear it and banishes Kent too.

All the while, the princes of France and Burgandy come for Cordelia's dowary but since the King is banishing Cordelia, the dowary is called off. Cordelia tries to explain it is not what she has done to be disowned and banished but what she did not do in result of this punishment (not telling King Lear how much she loves him).

At the end of this scene we have Goneril and Regan speaking privetly. They notice the King's outrageous punishment of banishing Cordelia, the known favourite of the King's, and have made a plan to stick together so neither of them get caught in the same situation.

Peer Editing

Letting someone else read your writing can be tough at first, but it is a really important step in writing strong papers. If there are improvements to be made, it is much better to hear it from a friend than it is to hear it from the person grading your paper. Once you become comfortable with others giving you feedback on your writing, you will be thankful for the suggestions they offer.

For your Stone Angel Essays you will be given marks for peer editing. Please edit two papers (This means that you will also have two people look at your paper). Each peer editor should use a different colour pen or pencil and clearly write their name on the essay, e.g. "Marked by..."

In order to do the best possible job of peer editing, read the paper twice. Each time you read you will be looking for something different. The first read is all about identifying obvious errors, such as spelling, punctuation or formatting issues. The second read through is more about looking at the paper as a whole. On the second read through, consider these questions:

Is the thesis clearly stated? Does the thesis answer the assigned question?

Are there 3-4 main points clearly stated in the introduction?

Does each main point have its own body paragraph?

Does each body paragraph use a quotation or detailed reference to the texts to support the mail point?

Is each quotation or detailed reference subjected to the writer's own original analysis.

Does the essay conclude properly?

Is the writing style clear?

You will be given a mark out of 10 for your effort as a peer evaluator. A 5/10 effort looks only at spelling, grammar and punctuation. A 10/10 effort catches those types of writing errors but also offers extensive commentary on the paper's strengths and areas of improvement.

Your marks as a peer evaluator will be added to your final essay mark, so if you get 75/100 on your essay, but 20/20 peer editing marks then your final will be 95/120 or 79%.

If you have comments about how to do this, post them here.

Brittany Delgaty's Poem Presentation

RICHARD CORY
By Edwin Arlington Robinson

RICHARD CORY
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean-favoured and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good Morning!" and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich, yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine -- we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked and waited for the light,
And went without the meat and cursed the bread,
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet in his head.

Thesis:
 Edwin Robinson uses diction, tone and imagery that manipulates the reader's expectations.

QUESTIONS:
1.) What imagery is saliant?

2.) How does diction creaet the tone of the poem?

3.) What is the tone in poem and how does it change?

4.) What is the meaning of this poem? (What is it's signifigance?)

5.) Why do you think Richard Cory killed himself?

Chapter Ten Questions

Stone Angel Chapter 10 Questions

1.) "The next room will be the smallest of them all " - What room is Hagar referring to?

2.) Give two specific references made to birds in the closing chapters.

a.)

b.)

3.) Who is the girl placed in Hagar's room?

4.) What "feat" did Hagar perform for this girl?

5.) What is the lie that Hagar tells Marvin?

6.) Who became the mayor of Manawaka?

7.) What are the last two words of the book?

8.) What do the last two words signify?

9.) In approximately one page (double spaced), write your personal response to the novel. Examine the impact it had on you. Go beyond simply stating whether or not you liked the novel