•Monday 2 October: Villanelle/Pantoum/Ghazal draft due for meeting or workshop (villanelle example: Hollander's "By the Sound"; individual work) •Tuesday 3 October: Villanelle/Pantoum/Ghazal form and terms quiz; individual draft work and conferences (This is the day of the University of Dallas visit--if you miss class you should make up the quiz during break, lunch, or after school.) •Wednesday 4 October: Villanelle/pantoum/ghazal due (2 poems due); Dinggedicht; ekphrasis assignment made; examples in class: Rilke, Doty, Auden, Williams, Gunn •Thursday 5 October: Journal assignment: Close description of an object (with inferences); More examples; in-class exercise •Friday 6 October: Ekphrasis in class (Rodin); Journals due (5 entries) Monday 9 October: No school; Columbus Day Tuesday 10 October: "A Poem is a Walk" by A.R. Ammons Wednesday 11 October: No class: PSAT Thursday 12 October: No class: Screening of Screenagers film Friday 13 October: Drafts due for Dinggedicht/Ekphrasis (2 poems); workshop in class: Marisa and Bridget; Journals due (4 entries) Monday 16 October: Workday in class; conferences Tuesday 17 October: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" in class Wednesday 18 October: Final drafts of Dinggedicht/Ekphrasis due (2 poems); translation assignment made Thursday 19 October: 19 Ways, pp. 3–10; our own ideas; insights from native speakers Friday 20 October: 19 Ways, pp. 11–26; Journals due (5 entries) Monday 23 October: Bring in your chosen text and a short paragraph explaining your choice Tuesday 24 October: 19 Ways Wednesday 25 October: Workday for translation Thursday 26 October: Drafts due for workshop (just the translation); workshop in class: Mia and Noelia; Journals due (4 entries) Friday 27 October: No class; Archdiocesan Professional Day Monday 30 October: Translation workday; draft of second poem due Tuesday 31 October: Other examples of multiple translations: Rilke |