Thursday 14 October: Dinggedicht due (2 poems); Introduction to Ekphrasis: Rilke, Auden, Williams, Gunn, Jennings
Friday 15 October: Prep for field trip; Journals due before school to be returned by the end of the school day; more samples; prep for field trip Monday 18 October: Field Trip to NGA Field Trip worksheet Tuesday 19 October: Cumulative terms (sonnet, villanelle, pantoum, ghazal, Dinggedicht) quiz; more samples and discussion about finding form Wednesday 20 October: Craft Essay Wednesday: Doty interview Thursday 21 October: Ekphrasis: Two Poems exercise; here is the Longenbach article to help with line Friday 22 October: Journals due before school to be returned by the end of the day; Poem progress Monday 25 October: Poem progress Tuesday 26 October: Workshop: Rose, Sofia Wednesday 27 October: Meetings in class Thursday 28 October: No class because of the All Hallows' Eve Festival; journals due before school (4 entries) to hand back by lunchtime Friday 29 October: No school; Poems due Friday by 10pm (2 poems) Thursday 30 September: Villanelle/Pantoum/Ghazal due along with one other poem; Dinggedicht intro and assignment made; sample poems
Friday 1 October: Journals due before school to be returned by end of school day; freewriting exercise Monday 4 October: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"; Embodiment; Point of View (The Wild Iris) Tuesday 5 October: Writing in Free Verse (sense of line and stanza), activities in class Wednesday 6 October: Musicality and Free Verse (sounds and sound tropes) Thursday 7 October: No class; Our Lady of the Rosary Festival Friday 8 October: Robert Bly, "What an Image Can Do" due for discussion; Journals due before school to be returned by end of the school day Monday 11 October: No school; Columbus Day Tuesday 12 October: Dinggedicht workshop Wednesday 13 October: No class; SAT or PSAT Thursday 14 October: Two poems due, Dinggedicht and one other; Ekphrasis assignment made Friday 15 October: Cumulative terms (sonnet, villanelle, pantoum, ghazal, Dinggedicht) quiz; Journals due before school to be returned by the end of the school day |