Monday 7 May: In-class writing: Sound and sound devices
Tuesday 8 May: Intro to rhythm and meter Wednesday 9 May: Rhythm and meter (HW: 228, #B) Thursday 10 May: Rhythm and meter: "The Second Coming"; Line length Friday 11 May: Line length; Journals due (3 assignments, this week's homework) Monday 14 May: Chapter 9 assignment made Tuesday 15 May: Workday for Chapter 9 assignment Wednesday 16 May: Workday for Chapter 9 assignment Thursday 17 May: Chapter 9 assignment due (represents 3 hrs. of solid work); journal due with all process for the assignment; Intro to Chapter 10: "Different Drummers: Rhythms Old and New" Friday 18 May: In-class activity on meter and variations (Journal for this week is draft work for "Break, Break..." paper Monday 21 May: Free verse and its effects; Final project assigned Tuesday 22 May: Practice poems for short answer Wednesday 23 May: Poetry Class's Greatest Hits; Workday for creative component of final project Thursday 24 May: More cold poetry analysis Friday 25 May: "Green Crab" exercise Monday 28 May: No class; Memorial Day Tuesday 29 May: Cold poem analysis practice Wednesday 30 May: Part 1 of Final administered in class Thursday 31 May: Workday for final project Friday 1 June: Workday for final project Monday 4 June: Projects due; celebratory reading Tuesday 10 April: College Fair, no class
Wednesday 11 April: Introduction to "Gold in the Ore," Chapter 7, Sound Thursday 12 April: Classwork solidifying ideas about consonant and vowel sounds; assignment made Friday 13 April: No class, Jane Austen Day Monday 16 April: Sample poem analyzed in class Tuesday 17 April: Workday for assignment Wednesday 18 April: Workday for assignment Thursday 19 April: School canceled for Jimmy Davern funeral Friday 20 April: No classes; All-day Gala rehearsal Monday 23 April: No school; Gala recovery Tuesday 24 April: Draft due of assignment; turn in as hard copy or through Jupiter assignment Wednesday 25 April: Workshop for drafts Thursday 26 April: Chapter 8 reading due; exercises in class Friday 27 April: Journal homework, p. 198-99 due (do e, f, or g) (Journal #1); keep working on project Monday 30 April: Sound and sound devices, as applied to poems (Journal #2) Tuesday 1 May: Final version of assignment due; turn in as hard copy or through Jupiter assignment; creative responses must have finished Poet's Statement included; all assignments should include submission of drafts Wednesday 2 May: Sound and sound devices, as applied less overtly to poems (Journal #3) Thursday 3 May: Journal due (three entries); no class, Grandparents' Day Friday 4 May: Medieval Day; no class (Prep for Monday's in-class writing) |