Wednesday, January 3: Introduction to Poetry: Lyric vs. Narrative Thursday, January 4: The Sonnet: Petrarchan and Shakespearean; sonnet assigned: "That time of year" Friday, January 5: Proposal for Odyssey paper due; meter and form; gestural structure; student samples of the sonnet Monday, January 8: Writing couplets; the line Tuesday, January 9: Quatrain construction in class; the image; receive midterm study guide Wednesday, January 10: Quatrain construction in class; review of terms and ideas so far Thursday, January 11: Sequence of quatrains exercise and effects; assessment on in-class material Friday, January 12: Outline for Odyssey paper due ***** Here is the first midterm study guide; here is the vocabulary list. Here is some additional practice with quotation identification. ***** Monday, January 15: No classes; MLK day Tuesday, January 16: Sonnet recitation due Wednesday, January 17: Review for midterm Thursday, January 18: Final Odyssey paper due Friday, January 19: No classes; March for Life; last day to submit original sonnet Monday, January 22–Friday, January 26: Midterm exams |