Day

Date

In-Class

Homework (due following class)

Thursday

8.26

Introductions

Reading

What is poetry?

Poetry definitions

Tuesday

8.31

In-class reading

Share definitions

Image activity

Terms: line, stanza

Image reading

Image list

Thursday

9.2

In-class reading

Bad poem activity

The Line

Terms: metaphor, simile

Post favorite poem and response (Open Lab)

Tuesday

9.7

No classes

Thursday

9.9

In-class reading

Negative Image

Negative Image

Complete image list (Google drive)

Tuesday

9.14

Image list due (Google drive)

Share poems

Beginnings and Endings

Reading: Persona

Fill out Persona worksheet

Thursday

9.16

No classes

Tuesday

9.21

In-class reading

Persona activity

Revision

Terms: voice, persona, dramatic monologue

Reading: workshop

Thursday

9.23

Responding to peer work

Google docs folder

Practice workshop

Revision

One revised poem with draft

Tuesday

9.28

In-class reading

Self-portrait

Terms: alliteration, assonance

Respond to workshop poems

Thursday

9.30

In-class reading

Workshop

Terms: lyric, leap

Lyric and leap reading  

Respond to workshop poems

Tuesday

10.5

In-class reading

Workshop

Self-portrait/ Leap poem

Thursday

10.7

Prosody

In-class exercise

Terms: meter and rhythm

Sonnet reading

Tuesday

10.12

In-class reading

Forms: sonnet

Group sonnets

Terms: iambic pentameter, sonnet

Share sonnets

Respond to workshop poems

Thursday

10.14

In-class reading

Forms: spoken word

Workshop

Street sonnet/ spoken word

Respond to workshop poems

Presentation assignment

Tuesday

10.19

Share poems

Presentation assignment

Workshop

One revised poem with draft

Thursday

10.21

In-class reading

Forms: Ghazal

Group Ghazal

Respond to workshop poems

Tuesday

10.26

All Hallows poems

Workshop

Respond to workshop poems

All Hallows Poems

Thursday

10.28

All Hallows poetry reading

Workshop

Respond to workshop poems

Bring drawing materials to class

Tuesday

11.2

Map Poem Activity

Respond to workshop poems

Thursday

11.4

Workshop

One revised poem with draft

Respond to workshop poems

Tuesday

11.9

Twenty Little Poetry Projects

Respond to workshop poems

Thursday

11.11

Presentations

Workshop

Respond to workshop poems

Tuesday

11.16

Presentations

Workshop

Respond to workshop poems

Thursday

11.18

Presentations

Workshop

One revised poem with draft

Respond to workshop poems

Tuesday

11.23

Native American Poetry and Culture

Presentations

Workshop

Respond to workshop poems

Thursday

11.25

No classes

Tuesday

12.2

Presentations

Workshop

Respond to workshop poems

Thursday

12.7

Presentations

Workshop

Prepare for presentations quiz

Tuesday

12.9

Presentations Quiz

Cento

One revised poem with draft

Thursday

12.14

Guest Poet Q and A

Final Reflection/ Manifesto Due

Tuesday

12.16

Share Final Reflections/ Manifestos

Student Poetry Reading