AUG 24, 2026
QUIZ ON FRIDAY!
Monday:
Basics of Scansion - "Humpty Dumpty" contd.
"Tyger Tyger" - Poetic devices review, followed by scansion
HW: Rhyme worksheet due Tue + Read and annotate Unit 3 in Course Reader (due Fri)
Tuesday:
Continue Basics of Scansion - Foot names and Shakespeare!
HW: Read and annotate Unit 3 in Course Reader (due Fri)
Wednesday:
Continue Basics of Scansion - Meter names and Shakespeare!
HW: Read and annotate Unit 3 in Course Reader (due Fri)
Thursday:
Scansion - Exercises on Foot names and Meters
Review for Friday's quiz (basics of Poetry, kigo, kireji, and foot names + prefixes - NO SCANSION)
HW: Read and annotate Unit 3 in Course Reader (due Fri) + Study for Quiz
Friday:
Quiz time!
Begin Scansion worksheet as a class
HW: Read and annotate the section on "the Raven" by Poe: identify instances of end stop, enjambment, and scan the first 4 lines.
AUG 17, 2026
Monday:
Freshman Retreat!
Tuesday:
Freshman Retreat!
Wednesday:
Freshman Retreat!
Thursday:
Finish "Sonoran desert haikus" drafts.
Look at "Autumn" by Longfellow
Friday:
Finalize Sonoran desert haikus onto rubrics
Present haikus!
Begin unit on Scansion.
AUG 10, 2026
Monday:
Lesson
Unit 1 slide show
poetry definitions + genres
Tuesday:
Lesson
Winter and the Eagle
Two false approaches
Homework:
Unit 1 annotations
Wednesday:
Start unit on Haiku
Sonoran desert poems - Observation notes
Homework:
Unit 1 annotations
Thursday:
Haikus contd.
Sonoran desert poems contd.
Unit 1 annotations check
Friday:
Finalize Sonoran desert haikus
Dulce et Decorum est
Homework
Study for Unit 1 quiz on Monday