Subject/Predicate and Mood

Today we started class off with a little grammar work, specifically with subjects and predicates. It is probably review, but it may be challenging. This website can help with the work. Feel free to talk to classmates to have them help you through it. When you are finished with the handout, turn it in for points.

After the grammar work, we shifted our focus to mood. The following is a powerpoint we took some notes from. Then we read Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. After reading the poem, we came up with a list of five possible adjectives to describe the poem's mood. Then we read Mary Schmich's Advice, Like Youth, Probably Just Wasted on the Young and came up with another list of five adjectives to describe the piece's mood. Turn in these two sets of adjectives to me if you were absent. If you are having difficulty with this, confer with a classmate.