Note: Please come to class with your poetry packet and each night’s assigned poem(s) marked up.
Week 14
Monday, 12/6—“My Papa’s Waltz” (12)
Tuesday, 12/7—Grammar Test on parts of speech and sentence elements.
Wednesday, 12/8—NO ENGLISH CLASSES (professional development day).
Thursday, 12/9—Read and mark up “The Chimney Sweep” (14) for practice in-class essay.
Friday, 12/10—No new homework. In class we’ll discuss Thursday’s practice essay.
Week 15
Monday, 12/13—In-class essay on a poem.
Tues, 12/14—Teacher’s choice.
Wednesday, 12/15—Sonnets: “The World is Too Much with Us” (17) and “Quixote” (18).
Thursday, 12/16—“A Martian Sends a Postcard Home” (10) and “Ode to My Socks” (22).
Friday, 12/17—Write an ode; see separate instructions.
Winter Vacation!
Week 16
Monday, 1/3—“Oranges” (25).
Tuesday, 1/4—“Dulce et DecorumEst” (24).
Wednesday, 1/5—“Traveling Through the Dark” (21).
Thursday, 1/6—practice in-class essay on a poem at sight.
Friday, 1/7—“Ozymandias” (26).
Week 17
Monday, 1/10—Master Vocabulary Test.
Tuesday, 1/11—“Those Winter Sundays” (13).
Wednesday, 1/12—Exam Review; see separate instructions.
Thursday, 1/13—Review.
Friday, 1/14—Review.