Homework Calendar 

Dear students and families, Mrs. Clement will be absent the first week of school as she is finishing her Masters Program in Chicago. She will return on Monday, August 4th and is so looking forward to being with you for the semester!

Thursday- Work on getting to know you sheet, informal essay, and poetry packet

Friday- Finish packet due Monday

Monday:

In Class: Intro to dickensen, idiom poem recitations

Homework: Study for short quiz thursday- what is hymn meter.

Tuesday:

In Class: No class

Homework:  

Wednesday:

In Class: Close reading exercises, continue dickensen- into her short poems

Homework: Study for short quiz thursday- what is hymn meter.

Thursday:

In Class: Warm up- persona poem, quiz, continue deep reading on "A funeral in my brain"

Homework:  None

Friday:

In Class:Continue I dwell in possibility poems, "A funeral in my brain" close reading and seminar

Homework: none

Monday:

In Class: Dickinson's "tell all the truth"

Homework: Begin memorizing your poem by reading it and really understanding what it’s all about

Tuesday:

In Class: What is your poem about, Dickinson Poems/Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Homework:  memorizing your poem for recitation–aim to be 20% memorized by bedtime

Wednesday:

In Class: Rime of the ancient Mariner, found poem exercise

Homework: memorizing your poem for recitation–aim to be 40% memorized by bedtime

Thursday:

In Class:6 word stories, rime of the ancient mariner

Homework:  memorizing your poem for recitation–aim to be 60% memorized by bedtime 

Friday:

In Class: Rime of the ancient mariner

Homework: memorizing your poem for recitation–aim to be 80% memorized by bedtime Sunday

Monday:

In Class:Lesson on recitation skills- in the theater

Homework: memorizing your poem for recitation–aim to be 100% memorized by bedtime, which allows you to rehearse until Thursday’s recitation

Tuesday:

In Class: No School

Homework:  memorizing your poem for recitation–aim to be 20% memorized by bedtime

Wednesday:

In Class: Intro to Narrative poems

Homework: Rehearse for tomorrow’s recitation

Thursday:

In Class:Recitations and reflections

Homework: Email your poem for the broadside project! Due Friday, 11:59 p.m.

Friday:

In Class: 

Homework: 

Monday:

In Class: Intro to dramatic poetry/ research character

Homework: Email your poem for the broadside project! Due Wednesday, 11:59 p.m., research your top 2 characters from ancient or US History (no one after 1925)

Tuesday:

In Class: Sub in class for Narrative/Dramatic packet

Homework:  Email your poem for the broadside project! Due Wednesday, 11:59 p.m.

Wednesday:

In Class: Dramatic poem work time, due dates given

Homework: Email your poem for the broadside project! Due TODAY 11:59 p.m.

Thursday:

In Class:Shakespeare deep dive!

Homework: 

Friday:

In Class: 

Homework: 

Dear students and families, Mrs. Clement will be absent the first week of school as she is finishing her Masters Program in Chicago. She will return on Monday, August 4th and is so looking forward to being with you for the semester!

Thursday- Work on getting to know you sheet, informal essay, and poetry packet

Friday- Finish packet due Monday

Monday:

In Class: Syllabus, check packet, go over 2 poems and discuss structure. 

Homework: Syllabus signed, composition book if you do not have it yet

Tuesday:

In Class: Syllabus due, warm-up prompt: Describe the Perfect day (regarding weather), read: Order by Rosenberg (short discussion of end-stop, enjambment, caesura)  Unit 1 definitions handout, Read "What is poetry"

Homework:  None

Wednesday:

In Class: warm up-Shelly poem and answer, discuss unit one reading, unit 1 definition notes

Homework:  Start studying for unit 1 definitions quiz on FRIDAY, finish reading unit 1

Thursday:

In Class: warm up-describe a desert morning, discuss unit one reading, unit 1 definition notes, The 2 false approaches

Homework:  Start studying for unit 1 definitions quiz on FRIDAY, finish reading unit 1 if not done

Monday:

In Class: Freshman Retreat

Tuesday:

In Class: Freshman Retreat

Wednesday:

In Class: Freshman Retreat

Thursday:

In Class: warm up-Write out a descriptive sentence about your shoe- as many adjectives as possible, go over Haiku language, syllabic practice

Homework:  write a practice delicate haiku

Friday:

In Class: warm up--write a haiku with kiregi in it, go over Haiku language, syllabic practice, finish unit 2, 3 haiku

Homework:  annotate reader unit 2. prep for unit 2 definition quiz next week

Monday:

In Class: warm up--write about a team, go over foot names and stressed/unstressed syllables

Homework:  annotate reader unit 3.

Tuesday:

In Class: warm up--write about a bunch of flowers, go over foot names and stressed/unstressed syllables, Wadsworth poem

Homework:  annotate reader unit 3.

Wednesday:

In Class:  Go over Unit 2 and 3 definitions, talk about meter names

Homework:  Study for Unit 2 &3 Quiz Friday, complete scansion of Wordsworth poem

Thursday:

In Class: 

Homework:  Study for Unit 2 &3 Quiz tomorrow

Friday:

In Class: warm up-, Unit 2 &3 quiz

Homework:  

Monday:

In Class:Warm up- mondays are great because..., Read Mending Wall pg.37-38, Scan Mending Wall, Read/Scan “Inpatient” pg. 40. (be prepared to discuss tomorrow), Foot names/ meter names bracket

Homework: Scansion and ID meter in stanza 1 of “Order” reader p. 39

Tuesday:

In Class: Mrs. Clement was absent- complete scansion packet for practice. 

Homework: Study foot names and meter names for quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday:

In Class:  Foot names/ Meter names quiz, intro portrait poem

Homework:  none

Thursday:

In Class:  Warm up: it's almost the weekend and I..., Work time for portrait poem, how to use a rhyming dictionary

Homework:  none

Friday:

In Class: warm up- Think of any old buildings near where you live or grew up. Contemplate who might have occupied them 50/100/200 years ago. Write about them, Go over portrait poem example, give work time for portrait poem (due tuesday, may not do for HW)

Homework:  R&R weekend, none!

Monday:

No School

Tuesday:

In Class: Work on portrait poem, start recitations

Homework: Memorize poem for recitations on Friday

Wednesday:

In Class:  Portrait poem recitations, recitation study

Homework:  Memorize poem for recitations on Friday

Thursday:

In Class:  Unit 4 on figurative language and riddle poems

Homework:  Memorize poem for recitations on Friday

Friday:

In Class:  Recitations, Unit 4, continue riddle poems

Homework:  Refresh scansion for test on Wednesday

Monday:

In Class: Vision and hearing screening, riddle poems, odes and figurative language, finish recitations

Homework: Study for Scansion test on Wednesday

Tuesday:

In Class: Metaphor exercises in Unit 4, Ode to socks, Lincoln and figurative language

Homework: Study for Scansion test on Wednesday

Wednesday:

In Class:  Scansion Test, “Words” and “The Dance” + Brughel’s painting in Words

Homework:  classwork if not finished in class

Thursday:

In Class:  review "Words", begin Nelson and Lux odes, begin personal Ode.

Homework:   Words section p 45: “The Sea Violet”

Friday:

In Class:  Work on personal Ode

Homework:  Words section pp46-47: “Preludes”

Monday:

In Class: Check HW from friday, Warm up, Cover Lincoln Ode, Ode work time

Homework: Select Sonnet for recitation

Tuesday:

In Class: Ode work time

Homework: Select Sonnet for recitation

Wednesday:

In Class:  Last day to work on ODE, Sonnet selection due

Homework:  Begin memorizing sonnet

Thursday:

In Class: In Class Ode Recitations 

Homework: Start memorizing sonnets

Friday:

In Class:  -begin reading together unit 6 psalms, hymns, spirituals 

Homework:  Memorize Sonnets

Monday:

In Class: review Unit 6, continue exploring poems

Homework:-memorize rehearse sonnet (you should have it 75% memorized by bedtime)

Tuesday:

In Class: Review Unit 6, Connotation Exercise

Homework: -memorize rehearse sonnet (you should have it 100% memorized by bedtime)

Wednesday:

In Class:  -Voice exercise 1 p. 28 in reader, rehearsal time, Study for Vocab quiz monday

Homework:  rehearse sonnet (you should have had it 100% memorized yesterday)

Thursday:

In Class: In Class sonnet Recitations, tree at my window Exercise

Homework: Study for Vocab test monday 

Friday:

In Class:  --“Scarborough Fair” reading and questions, ”song” assignment overview & begin drafting as time allows

Homework:  Study for Vocab test monday 

Monday:

In Class:Review Lyrical poems, song writing time

Homework:-none

Tuesday:

In Class: Review Lyrical poems, song writing time

Homework: -none

Wednesday:

In Class: Review Lyrical poems, song writing time

Homework: -none

Thursday:

In Class: Review Lyrical poems, song writing time

Homework: -none- if you would like to record your song to music or being sung you may do so tonight and email it to me for EC.

Friday:

In Class:  -Song poem recitations, rubric

Homework:  Complete song rubrics and reflections if not done in class.

Monday:

In Class: Begin Free verse and Whitman. Pgs. 184-188 in reader

Homework:-annotate reader pages above if not done in class.

Tuesday:

In Class: Review Whitman pages from yesterday, the spider

Homework: -none

Wednesday:

In Class: Oh capt! My capt!

Homework: -Complete poem questions if not done in class. 

Thursday:

In Class: Review freeverse notes, more Whitman poems- quiz when you return from fallbreak (not monday!)

Homework: -none

Friday:

In Class:  Tanka Poems

Homework: None! Happy fall break!