OMG, ITS SEPTEMBER 11!!

Thrs. Sept. 11, 2008

1. Poetry: "register"
-> Comic Sketch
2. Form: Metaphor
"Sound Effects"

HW: 1- fini vocab pkt/ study for sp. test
2- complete last 10 memoir assignments

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When finished writing down the agenda, Sister Salma reminded us that tomorrow the last 10 Memoir Project assignments are due, and was telling us that the final final copy
(thats kinko-fied) will be due next Friday, before our Ramadan break. She answered any questions we had on the memoir project and then swiftly moved on to the next topic: Poetry. Here are the rest of the notes from where we left off yesterday on "Register":

3-Consultative: the language of discussions, meetings; attention signals expected; more
thought goes in it. EX: "I'd recommend this poem, but that poem is fine."
4-Deliberative: the language of essays and speeches: completely pre-planned, no attention cues.
passive voice used, less abbreviated. EX: "When we read this ayat, we're
reminded of..."
5-Oratorical: the language of ceremony, completely prepared, already established, sometimes
more decodable, rather than readable. EX: "Innal hamdu lillah..." <-What
Shiekhs say in beginning of khutbah.


After that, Sister Salma pulled out the 8th grade literature book and gave out examples from the poems in it, having us identify which register is was.
Then sister salma gave out a worksheet that had two poems on it. We looked at one and checked out the rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia.