Here is the Dropbox link for any materials you wish to upload:
https://www.dropbox.com/request/S5CiLxvVjAOIjOgV0KnS Monday 28 January: Choose poem for explication; let me know in class or email your selection by midnight Tuesday 29 January: Snow dismissal! Wednesday 30 January: Snow day! Thursday 31 January: Gestural structure; speaker and occasion Friday 1 February: Half day; No class Monday 4 February: No school; Headmaster's Holiday Tuesday 5 February: Theme; Form Wednesday 6 February: Image Thursday 7 February: Sound Friday 8 February: Putting it all together; draft of paper due by midnight Monday 11 February: Draft returned to students; workday to discuss comments and make progress Tuesday 12 February: Diction: Denotation and connotation Wednesday 13 February: Effects of line; Enjambment Thursday 14 February: Final paper due Friday 15 February: Half day; No class Monday 18 February: Presidents' Day, No school Tuesday 19 February: Poetry unit review; Cold poem exercise; Poem to go with cold poem exercise Wednesday 20 February: Snow day Thursday 21 February: Poetry unit test Friday 22 February: Poetry explication presentations Monday 25 February: Poetry explication presentations Monday 7 January: Intro to the poetry unit; lyric vs narrative (Howe and Kunitz); your midterm exam review is available here
Tuesday 8 January: hearing iambic pentameter (Shakespeare) Wednesday 9 January: writing iambic pentameter (you) Thursday 10 January: the sonnet: Petrarchan and Shakespearean Friday 11 January: (20 minutes of sonnet attempt due) sonnet sampler; student samples Here is the reduced vocabulary list for the midterm. Monday 14 January: Snow Day! Tuesday 15 January: Sonnet draft due in class; be sure you are reviewing vocabulary Wednesday 16 January Exam review in class Thursday 17 January: Sonnet due! Celebratory reading! Additional exam review Friday 18 January: No School: March for Life The midterm for English will be Tuesday 22 January from 8:30 until 10:10. |