Week of 2/9/26
February 9
Lesson:
–Finish "Portrait" assignment
–Videos on recitation
Homework:
None
February 10
Lesson:
-"Portrait": formal recitations and writer's reflections
-"What does it mean to be a presentor?"
Homework:
None
February 11
Lesson:
-Unit on Odes: "Ode to Salt" by Pablo Neruda
Homework:
None
February 12
Lesson:
-Scansion review: finish/review scansion exercises in reader; Scansion Test on Thursday of next week
-Dickinson: Riddle Poems (Unit 4)
Homework:
Prepare for recitation tomorrow
February 13
Lesson:
-Recitations!
Homework:
None
Week of 2/2/26
February 2
Lesson:
–Free Verse and Blank Verse
–Read, discuss, and scan "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost
Homework:
None
February 3
Lesson:
-Write your own poem in free verse and scan it
-Go over definitions for Vocab Quiz on Wednesday
Homework:
Study for quiz tomorrow
February 4
Lesson:
-Vocab Quiz
-"Portrait" poem: Guided Assemblage
Homework:
None
February 5
Lesson:
-(More) Scansion exercises
-Continue work on "Portrait"
Homework:
Study for Scansion Quiz tomorrow
February 6
Lesson:
-Quiz on Scansion
-Continue work on "Portrait"
Homework:
None
Week of 1/26/26
January 26
Lesson:
–Read and Discuss Autumn, Within by Henry Longfellow
–Introduction to Rhymes: What makes a good rhyme?
Homework:
None
January 27
Lesson:
-Short presentation on poems with "bad rhymes"
-Introduction to Unit 3: Scansion
Homework:
None!
January 28
Lesson:
-Continue Unit on Scansion (analyze foot and meter)
Homework:
None
January 29
Lesson:
-Continue Unit on Scansion. Do exercises in the manual
Homework:
None
January 30
Lesson:
-(Even more) Exercises on Scansion
Homework:
None
Week of 1/12/26
January 12
Lesson:
–Read and Annotate Unit 1
–Read and discuss Dulce Et Decorum Est by Owen
–Analysis & Synthesis
Homework:
Finish reading and annotating Unit 1
January 13
Lesson:
-Quiz on basics
-Introduction to Unit 2: Haikus
-Kigo and Kiregi
-Warm-up Haiku exercises
Homework:
None!
January 14
Lesson:
-Short Haiku presentation: recite your Haiku and discuss kigo
-Continue reading and analyzing Haikus (Wright and Basho)
Homework:
None
January 15
Lesson:
-Go outside: Three Haikus on the Sonoran Desert
Homework:
None
January 16
Lesson:
-Formal Haiku assignment (for grade)
Homework:
None
Week of 1/6/26
January 6
Lesson:
–Course Overview
–Read and discuss “Do Not Go Gentle”
–Identify familiar poetic devices (metaphor, imagery,repetition, rhyme scheme
Homework:
Bring a Poetry Notebook to class everyday starting tomorrow
January 7
Lesson:
-Hand out syllabi
-Read and discuss “Order” by Rosenberg, (pg. 39)
-Identify patterns of end-stop, enjambment, and caesura
Homework:
Return signed syllabus on Thursday
January 8
Lesson:
-Review Unit 1 definitions and notes (slides)
-More notes: The 3 major sub-genres of poetry (slides)
Homework:
Review unit 1 vocabulary definitions for quiz Tuesday
January 9
Lesson:
-“Dulce Et Decorum Est” Owen (+listening to recording)
-BEGIN working through page 8 of reader as a class
Homework:
-Finish reading and annotating Unit 1 if unfinished in class
-Review unit 1 definitions for quiz on Tuesday