Weeks Three and Four

Note: As always, assignments might change so try not to get too far ahead!

Mon 1/28 S--Read and annotate "Traveling through the Dark" (p. 21 of reader)

• • Also, answer the questions below the poem here on Canvas

  • Word count minimum: 350 words

Tues 1/29--CPS DAY

Weds 1/30 or Thurs 1/31 L--

• • Please review poetic devices in your reader

• Refer to my tips for writing an in-class essay on poetry here:poetry tips

  • Practice in-class essay at sight

  • In-class essay topic on Canvas here

    • Note: don't open this till you're ready to read the poem and write on it for 40 minutes

    • Try to simulate actual test conditions (e.g. time yourself, write in a quiet place)

    • Have your reader and a pencil ready (the poem will be from the reader)

    • Pass/fail assignment

Fri 2/1--English PD Day--no class

• • Please review sample essay on "The Crabs" (on Google Classroom under "Sample Essays")

• Helpful instructions for reading and marking up poems are here (thanks to Dr. P for writing these up!)

M 2/4--S--Poetry In-class Essay #1

• • At home, as preparation/practice, do this freewrite or practice essay on Canvas (note: link not active yet)

  • Please review poetic devices in your reader

• Refer to my tips for writing an in-class essay on poetry here:poetry tips

Tues 2/5 or W 2/6 L--Read and annotate "Ozymandias" on p. 26 of your reader.

• • Annotate version of poem on Google Classroom:

    • Block B: click here (to be posted during class)

    • Block G: click here (to be posted during class)

Thurs 2/7 or Fri 2/8 L--Practice essay #2

• • Practice in-class essay at sight

  • In-class essay topic Practice In-class Essay #2

    • Note: don't open this till you're ready to read the poem and write on it for 40 minutes

    • Try to simulate actual test conditions (e.g. time yourself, write in a quiet place)

    • Have your reader and a pencil ready (the poem will be from the reader)

    • Pass/fail assignment

  • Please review poetic devices in your reader

    • • Refer to my tips for writing an in-class essay on poetry here:poetry tips

Mon 2/11 S--Poetry In-class Essay #2

• • Please review poetic devices in your reader

    • • Refer to my tips for writing an in-class essay on poetry here:poetry tips

        • • Some other poetic devices to review:

            • enjambment

            • allusion

            • irony

            • form (sonnet)

            • iambic pentameter

• Pick other poems from the reader or elsewhere to read and write on for practice

• Read the sample essay on "The Colonel" on Google Classroom under "Sample Essays"

  • Block B--Sample essay on "The Colonel"

  • Block G: Sample Essay on "The Colonel"

Weds 2/13: Common classroom on comma usage!