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JANUARY 24, 2014

WARM UP-Get packet from front table . Complete the packet, S imple Sentences. Hand in the packet when completed. Read independently . . JANUARY 24, 2014. POETRY JOURNAL ENTRY (TOPIC SENTENCE) The poem, El Dorado by Edgar Allen Poe, is about searching for one’s dreams. (THIS MEANS)

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JANUARY 24, 2014

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  1. WARM UP-Get packet from front table. Complete the packet, Simple Sentences. Hand in the packet when completed. Read independently. JANUARY 24, 2014

  2. POETRY JOURNAL ENTRY (TOPIC SENTENCE) The poem, El Dorado by Edgar Allen Poe, is about searching for one’s dreams. (THIS MEANS) The speaker has searched the world his whole life for El Dorado but dies without finding it. EXAMPLE (TEXT EVIDENCE) El Dorado is a metaphor for searching. The whole poem is a metaphor for what one searches for throughout life instead of being content with what one has. CONCLUSION The sad poem shows a wasted life of searching for an unfound Utopia.

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