Poetry 
Homework
| Wednesday 11/19 | 1. Peer revision 2. Introduce Poetry Book 3. Select poems for book |
| Tuesday 11/18 | 1. Today’s
poet W.B. Yeats a. Biography ppt b. Listen to “Lake Isle of Innisfree” p. 591 c. Read: “Leda and the Swan,” p. 595; “Sailing to Byzantium,” p. 595; “A Last Confession,” p. 23 2. Revision Checklist—Draft 1 Make changes Reprint Bring clean Draft 2 tomorrow 3. Preview Poetry Collection Assignment |
| Monday 11/17 | 1. PP # 50: poem about poetry 2. No Poem of the Day 3. Today’s poet Billy Collins a. Biography ppt b. “The Names” c. “The Blues,” p. 224; “Morning,” p. 116; “Sonnet,” p. 273; “Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes,” p. 406 4. HW: Final Draft 3, choose poem and bring in typed copy |
| Friday 11/14 | 1. No prompt 2. No Poem of the Day 3. slam poetry a. history and about it (power point) b. example videos c. slam in written form d. consider questions 4. HW: PA 31 slam poem |
| Thursday 11/13 | 1. PP 49: Create
a poem based on the metaphor “a chapter of loathing” 2. PoD: “Sentimental Moment or Why Did the Baguette Cross the Road?” 3. Recitations 4. Time for reading poems aloud that you wrote recently (no time tomorrow) 5. Turn in PA 30: R&R |
| Wednesday 11/12: | 1. PP 48: anniversary 2. PoD: “The Bagel” 3. Recitations 4. Homework—PA 30: Rhythm & Rhyme (DUE THURSDAY) |
| Tuesday 11/11: | 1. PP 47: Choose your best/favorite line from a prompt poem from the
last week or two. Use it as the first line of a new poem. 2. PoD: “Fat is Not a Fairy Tale” 3. Today’s poet: Edgar Allan Poe a. Bio ppt b. Listen to “Annabel Lee” c. Read “The Raven,” p. 212; “Alone” handout 4. Be ready to recite poem tomorrow 5. Homework—PA 30: Rhythm & Rhyme (DUE THURSDAY) |
| Monday 11/10 | 1. PP 46: Shape poem 2. PoD: “Biscuit” 3. Today’s poet: Sherman Alexie a. Bio ppt b. Discuss Native American background information c. Read “On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City,” p. 524; “Evolution,” and “Reservation Love Song,” handout 4. Watch POL video 5. Recite poem 6. Homework—PA 29: Parody |
| Friday 11/7: | 1. PP 45: Rewrite
yesterday’s poem so each line has ten syllables 2. PoD: “Song” 3. Saline Howl collaboration 4. turn in exercise 28 5. Watch POL video 6. Recite poem 7. Read poems aloud |
| Thursday 11/6: | 1. PP 44: Turn
yesterday’s 2-paragraph story into a poem 2. PoD: “Love Poem with Toast” 3. turn in exercise 27 a. Today’s poet: Allen Ginsberg b. Listen to “Supermarket in California,” p. 543, and “Howl” handout Homework: PA 28: Saline Howl practice your poem! Need to be off paper tomorrow. |
| Wednesday 11/5 | 1. PP 43: write a two paragraph story, in prose (not a poem!) 2. PoD: “Selecting a Reader” 3. turn in exercise 26 4. Today’s poet: Wallace Stevens a. Bio ppt b. Listen to “emperor of ice cream,” p. 570, and “So-and-So Reclining on Her Couch,” handout c. Read: “13 ways of looking at a Blackbird,” handout Homework: PA 27: 13 ways of seeing poem practice your poem! |
| Tuesday 11/4 | 1. PP 42: “like
oil and water” 2. PoD: “Otherwise” 3. turn in homework 4. Today’s poet: Walt Whitman a. Bio ppt b. Listen to “There Was a Child Went Forth” handout c. “O Captain! My Captain!” handout, “Song of Myself” excerpts, handout 5. PA 26: list poem 6. practice 1st and 2nd stanzas of poems 7. vote? |
| Monday 11/3: | 1. PP 41: Weave
a poem that contains all these lines in some way (in no particular
order) “I tie the ribbon in a foolish way” “the
delicious fragility of this travesty” “where we still laugh
and wish” 2. PoD: “Thanks for Remembering Us” 3. Today’s poet: T.S. Eliot a. Bio ppt b. Listen to “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” handout, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” p 583 c. “Journey of the Magi” p 537 4. PA 25: Narrative poem 5. Practice poem and memorize second stanza |
| Friday 10/31 | 1. PP 40: Halloween 2. PoD: “Grammar” 3. Practice poem and rehearse first stanza 4. Read aloud a poem you’ve written lately 5. turn in PA 24 |
| Thursday 10/30: | 1. Turn in treasure hunt 2. PP 39: reunion 3. PoD: “Nights” 4. Today’s poet: Elizabeth Barrett Browning a. Bio ppt b. Listen to Sonnet 43 “How do I love thee?” c. Read “The Best Thing in the World” 5. PA 24: Response poem 6. Read your poem aloud 5 times (practice) |
| Wednesday 10/29 | 1. PP 38: “a
minute of failure” 2. PoD: “A Man I Knew” 3. Tips for recitation 4. Read your poem aloud 5 times (practice) 5. Return to lab for treasure hunt |
| Tuesday 10/28: | 1. Turn in explication 2. PP 37 – changing seasons 3. POD: “The Green One Over There” 4. Poems Put to Use: Why memorize/familiarize yourself with poetry? 5. Four reasons 6. Brainstorm when (situations) poetry is helpful 7. Examples from movies 8. Treasure Hunt – on computers |
| Monday 10/27: | 1. PP 36 – Create a poem using Emily Dickinson’s “Bring
me the sunset in a cup” as a starting point 2. PoD: “The Poetry of Bad Weather” 3. Time to read poems aloud 4. Then, work on memorizing and explicating selected poem 5. Explication questions due Tuesday |
| Friday 10/24 | 1. Fill out
final draft 2 reflection 2. compile and turn in final draft 2 and all parts (add title sheet to bottom of pile) 3. Assign poetry out loud recitation assignment 4. Go to computer lab to choose poem 5. Read aloud time will be Monday 6. Poem must be selected by Monday 7. explication questions due Tuesday |
| Thursday 10/23: | 1. PP 35: Include
one of the following in a poem: “a culture
of solitude” “a faithful blue sky” “where we
still discover” 2. PoD: “Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter” 3. Today’s poet: Emily Dickinson a. Author power point b. Listen to four poems c. Read two poems 4. Get out Draft 3 & do new titles; find 4 peers to fill out a peer revision sheet for you Homework: Final Draft and all parts due tomorrow |
| Wednesday 10/22: | 1. PP 34: something
I can’t do 2. PoD: “Snow” 3. Today’s poet: Ezra Pound a. Author power point b. Listen to “River-Merchant’s Wife” p 6, “XLV” from The Cantos (handout) c. Read “Alba” “Salutation” handout 4. Get out Draft 2 & do Revision Checklist Homework: do revision to Draft 2; print Draft 3 for tomorrow |
| Tuesday 10/21: | 1. PP 33: bad habit 2. PoD: “She Didn’t Mean to Do it” 3. Today’s poet: Gwendolyn Brooks a. Author power point b. Listen to “We Real Cool” p 91, “Song in the Front Yard” handout c. Read “The Bean Eaters” “Speech to the Young” handout, “To the Diaspora” p 529 4. Assign revision activity Homework: do revision to Draft 1; print Draft 2 for tomorrow |
| Monday 10/20: | 1. Turn in PA 23 2. PP 32: favorite food 3. PoD: “Hand Shadows” 4. Today’s poet: Christina Rossetti a. Author power point b. Listen to “Up-Hill” handout c. Read “Remember” “An Apple Gathering” handout, “In an Artist’s Studio” p 267, “Cobwebs” p 268 5. Assign final draft 2 Homework: choose poem and revise; print new Draft 1 for tomorrow |
| Thursday 10/16: | 1. Turn in PA 22 2. PP 31: Rainy Day 3. PoD: “Publication Date” 4. Today’s poet: John Keats a. Author power point b. Listen to “To Autumn” p 350 c. Read “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” handout, Odes p 345-349 5. Poetic Form: Ode 6. Assign PA 23: Ode Homework: PA 23 |
| Wednesday 10/15: | Watch end of movie |
| Tuesday 10/14 | 1. PP 30: Plea 3. Today’s
poet: George Gordon, Lord Byron |
| Monday 10/13: | 1. PP 29: Write a poem that compares the habits of a wild animal to
one of your personal habits 2. PoD: “Foundations” 3. Today’s poet: Samuel Coleridge a. Author power point b. Listen to “Kubla Khan” p. 300 c. Read “Metrical Feet” p. 208 4. Assign PA 21 – Dream poem Homework: PA 21 |
| Friday 10/10: | 1. Watch movie |
| Thursday 10/9: | 1. turn in PA 19 2. PP 28: Include this line anywhere in your poem: “the rouged coals languished long after midnight” 3. PoD: “Poetry” 4. Today’s poet: William Wordsworth a. Author power point b. Listen to “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” handout c. Read “Surprised by Joy” handout & “London 1802” p. 403 5. Assign PA 20 – Wordsworthian sonnet or choice Homework: PA 20 |
| Wednesday 10/8: | 1. turn in PA 18 2. PP 27: Write an old-fashioned, melodramatic poem consisting of rhymed, metered quatrains 3. PoD: “Before She Died” 4. Today’s poet: William Blake a. Author power point b. Listen to “The Tyger” p. 56 & “London” p. 33 c. Read “The Lamb” p. 385 & “The Sick Rose” p. 190 5. Assign PA 19 – Invent Your Own Form Homework: PA 19 |
| Tuesday 10/7: | 1. turn in PA 17 2. PP 26: There once was a _______. Now, there is a _______. 3. PoD: “Domestic Work, 1937” 4. Today’s poet: Shakespeare a. Author power point b. Listen to “Fear No More” (handout) & “Let me not” p. 19 c. Read “Like As the Waves” p. 215 & “Shall I Compare Thee” p. 173 5. Teach sonnet with examples 6. Feet/meter/rhythm notes & review Homework: PA 18: Sonnet |
| Monday 10/6: | 1. turn in PA 16 if not turned in on Friday 2. PP 25: idea wheel 3. PoD: “After Us” 4. Today’s poet: W. H. Auden a. Author power point b. Listen to “If I Could Tell You” (handout) & “In Memory of W.B. Yeats” p. 408 c. Read “Funeral Blues” p. 16 (movie clip) 5. Teach elegy with examples Homework: PA 17: Elegy |
| Friday 10/3 | 1. turn in PA 16 if done, otherwise bring on Monday 2. PP 24: choose a poem you like from the poetry book. Use the last line from that poem as the first line for anew poem that you write. 3. PoD: “Tour” 4. Read aloud one of the poems that you wrote this week. HW: none |
| Thursday 10/2: | 1. turn in PA 15 2. PP 23—Write a poem without any punctuation. How do you guide your reader without commas, question marks, or other punctuation tools? 3. PoD: “Remora, Remora” 4. Today’s poet: Elizabeth Bishop a. Author power point (not really) b. Listen to “The Fish” & “Filling Station” handouts c. Read “Sestina” p. 277 and “One Art” (handout) 5. Teach sestina form Homework: PA 16: Sestina |
| Wednesday 10/1: | 1. PP 22—Create a poem inspired by this line from an e.e. cummings
poem: “the weak noise of her eyes easily files my impatience to
an edge.” 2. PoD: “Wheels” 3. Today’s poet: Dylan Thomas a. Author power point b. Listen to “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” p. 275 c. Read “In My Craft and Sullen Art” and “And Death Shall Have No Dominion” (handout) 4. Teach villanelle form Homework: PA 15: Villanelle |
| Tuesday 9/30: | 1. PP 21—think
about the language you hear in everyday conversation. Using a common
phrase or specific conversation, build a poem. 2. PoD: “Dorie off to Atlanta” 3. Today’s poet: E.E. Cummings a. Author power point b. Listen to “anyone lived,” and “if everything happens,” handouts c. Read “[1(a]” p. 281, and “Buffalo Bill’s” p. 282 4. Homework: PA 14 no rules poem |
| Monday 9/29: | 1. PP 20—Create a poem using today’s
idea wheel options: nature, climbing a tree, anger 2. PoD: “The Partial Explanation” 3. Today’s poet: Robert Frost a. Author power point b. Listen to “Stopping by Woods” p. 543, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” handout c. Read “Design” p. 297 “Fireflies” p. 191 “A Gift Outright” p. 321 4. Homework: PA 13 – Occasional poem |
| Friday 9/26: | 1. PP 19—Create a poem inspired using only ‘a repetitive
act’ as a guide. Try to incorporate all five senses. 2. PoD: “The Farewell” 3. Fill out final draft reflection sheet, turn in final draft packet 4. Read aloud a poem you wrote this week 5. Assign pre-write for PA 21 |
| Thursday 9/25: | 1. PP 18—Create a poem inspired by this line from an Anne Sexton
poem: “The black room took us like a cave.” 2. PoD: “Bad Day” 3. Today’s poet: William Carlos Williams a. Author power point b. Listen to “This is Just to Say” p 143, “The Red Wheelbarrow” p 142 c. Read “The Young Housewife”, “To a Poor Old Woman”, “The Dance” (handout) 4. Revision: peer 5. homework: final draft due tomorrow |
| Wednesday 9/24: | 1. PP 17—take poem chosen for revision & rewrite your poem
as if it’s told from a different person’s perspective 2. PoD: “Numbers” 3. Today’s poet: Theodore Roethke a. Author power point b. Listen to “My Papa’s Waltz” p 138, “I Knew a Woman” (handout), “The Waking” p 217 4. Revision: poem checklist 5. homework: revise poem and rewrite for tomorrow (bring copy tomorrow) |
| Tuesday 9/23: | 1. PP16—take poem chosen for revision & count
syllables per line. Then, create a syllabic pattern for it and rewrite
it to fit. 2. PoD: “The Poet” 3. Today’s poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay a. Author power point b. Listen to “Love is Not All”, “Recuerdo” (handouts), “I Shall Forget You, Presently” p 269 c. Read “First Fig” 4. Revision: titles 5. homework: revise poem and rewrite for tomorrow (bring copy tomorrow) |
| Monday 9/22: | 1. PP15—idea
wheel: choose one from each 2. PoD: “Neglect” 3. Today’s poet: Carl Sandburg a. Author power point b. Listen to “Chicago”, “Grass” (handouts) c. Read “Fog”, “Honky Tonk” 4. homework: PA 12 - City poem & choose poem to revise (bring copy tomorrow) |
| Friday 9/19: | 1. PP 14— First, pick a poem that you’ve
written for class. Next, revise your poem by cutting out as many adjectives,
adverbs, and
participles as possible. Strengthen the nouns/verbs they were modifying
as needed. 2. PoD: “Did I Miss Anything” 3. Turn in PA 11 4. Read aloud a poem Homework: none |
| Thursday 9/18: | 1. PP 13— You
once were _____. You now are _____. 2. PoD: “The Bat” 3. Turn in PA 10 4. Today’s poet: Anne Sexton a. Author power point b. Listen to “The Fury of Overshoes” p. 13 c. Read “For My Lover, Returning to his Wife” “Rumpelstiltskin” “Cinderella” “Snow White” handouts 4. Homework: PA 11 – Fairy Tale poem |
| Wednesday 9/17: | 1. PP 12— inside
out 2. PoD: “Passer-by” 3. Turn in PA 9 4. Today’s poet: Sylvia Plath a. Author power point b. Listen to “Daddy” p. 467, “Lady Lazarus” p. 565 c. Read “Mirror” p. 86, “Morning Song” p. 115 4. Homework: PA 10 – Confession poem |
| Tuesday 9/16: | 1. PP 11— I
used to ____, but now I _____ 2. PoD: “At the Un-National…” 3. Today’s poet: Maya Angelou a. Author power point b. Listen to “Africa” p. 416 c. Read “In and Out of Time” “Still I Rise” “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” “Phenomenal Woman” (handout) 4. Homework: PA 9 - I Seem to Be |
| Monday 9/15: | 1. PP10—idea
wheel: energetic, books, lost in an amusement park 2. PoD: “The Cord” 3. Today’s poet: Langston Hughes a. Author power point b. Listen to “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” p. 437, “Weary Blues” p. 436, “Harlem” (handout) 4. Read “I, too” p. 438 5. homework: PA8 I, too, am |
| Friday 9/12: | 1. Turn in PA 7 2. Introduce fulcrum idea 3. Poetry Quiz 4. Poetry Prompt #9: This _____ used to be _____. It now is ______. 5. Read aloud one of the poems you wrote this week. 6. No homework |
| Thursday 9/11: | 1. Turn in PA 6 2. Poetry Prompt #8: create a short poem that centers around a historical event. 3. Poem of the Day 4. Review for Friday’s quiz 5. Poetic Form: Found 6. PA 7: found poem from article |
| Wednesday 9/10: | 1. Turn in PA 5 2. Poetry Prompt #7: Use one of the following metaphors in a poem: a taste of sacrifice, a pitcher of bitterness, a house of delight 3. Poem of the Day 4. Review for Friday’s quiz 5. Poetic Form: Acrostic 6. PA 6: acrostic Homework: PA 6 |
| Tuesday 9/9: | 1. Turn in PA 4 2. Poetry Prompt #6: left out (write a poem using that as your only guidance) 3. Poem of the Day 4. Go over 5 terms: structure, style, theme, syntax, tone 5. Notes: rhyme types 6. Poetic Form: Limerick 7. PA 5: limericks Homework: PA 5 |
| Monday 9/8: | 1. Teach/Create Idea Wheel 2. Poetry Prompt #5: write a poem using the idea wheel for inspiration/topic (walking the dog, threatened, adventure) 3. Poem of the Day 4. Go over 5 terms: allegory, alliteration, meter, rhythm, symbol 5. Poetic Form: Cinquain 6. PA 4: cinquains 7. turn in PA 3 Homework: PA 4 |
| Friday 9/5: | 1. Poetry Prompt #4: the big game (write a poem using those words as
only guidance) 2. Poem of the Day 3. Go over 5 terms: simile, metaphor, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, personification 4. read aloud one of the poems you write this week 5. turn in PA 3 if done; if not PA 3 is homework 6. turn in classwork haiku & lunes Homework: none |
| Thursday 9/4: | 1. Please turn in parent info sheets 2. Poetry Prompt #3: Write a poem that demonstrates properties that are opposite to your definition of poetry 3. Poem of the Day 4. Turn in PA 2 5. Go over 5 terms: allusion, assonance, denotation, connotation, imagery 6. Poetic Form: Haiku & Lune (Classwork – write 4 haiku and 3 lunes) 7. Poetry Assignment #3: Haiku Autobiography Homework: parent info sheet, PA #3 |
| Wednesday 9/3: | 1. Please turn
in letters & parent info sheets 2. Poetry Prompt #2: Write a poem that exemplifies your definition of poetry 3. Poem of the Day 4. Turn in PA 1, check in terms 5. Go over 6 terms: stanza, speaker, caesura, blank verse, free verse, enjambment 6. Write a phrase for an observation you made today 7. Poetry Assignment #2: Unplanned collaboration poem Homework: parent info sheet, PA #2 |
| Tuesday 9/2: | 1. Welcome: Name tents and seating charts |
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