Jan 8

• Reminder:

  • update Dates document for all your classes.  Post your own deadlines.

  • May 2026 exam dates 

• Exam review

  • review lists

• Poetry unit explained and poems selected

  • 5 poems each

  • dates assigned for students

    • We have two students scheduled to present each day.  

    • EVERYONE must read the poems as homework, and mark up the words they don't understand. That way we will be ready to jump into working with the poems immediately after the presentations are done.

    • You may switch poems and/or days but it has to be changed HERE for it to be considered official.

• Homework:  

  • work on Poetry

  • Read the paper 2 Exemplars sample paper.

Jan  12

• poetry presentation

  • Lodi: The Second Coming

  • Alexis: As Kingfishers Catch Fire

• Paper 2 Thesis practice

  • review of the sample paper (Exemplars )

  • Practice thesis with poem and Much Ado About Nothing.

Jan 15

• paper 1 practice

• Homework:  

  • Read poems for next class and note down words you don't know

Jan 19: Ski trip

• poetry presentation

  • Olivier: God's Grandeur

  • Alexis: That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire....

• Paper 2 Thesis practice

Jan 22: Ski trip

• paper 1 practice

• Homework:  

  • Read poems for next class and note down words you don't know

Jan 26

• poetry presentation

  • Lodi: The Last Laugh

  • Olivier: Strange Meeting

• Paper 2 Thesis practice

Jan 29

• paper 1 practice

• Homework:  

  • Read poems for next class and note down words you don't know

Feb 2

• poetry presentation

  • Alexi: In Westminster Abby

  • Lodi: Dreamers

• Paper 2 Thesis practice

Feb 5

• paper 1 practice

• Homework:  

  • Read poems for next class and note down words you don't know

Feb 9

• poetry presentation

  • Olivier: Do Not Go Gently 

  • Alexi: Lady Lazarus

• Paper 2 Thesis practice

Feb 12

• paper 1 practice

• Homework:  

  • Read poems for next class and note down words you don't know

Feb 16: Spring Holiday

Feb 19: Spring Holiday

Feb 23: Spring Holiday

Feb 26

• paper 1 practice

• Homework:  

  • Read poems for next class and note down words you don't know

March 2

• poetry presentation

  • Lodi: The Horses

  • Olivier: Daddy

• Paper 2 Thesis practice

March 5

• paper 1 practice

• Homework:  

  • Read poems for next class and note down words you don't know

March 9

• poetry presentation

  • Alexis: This be the verse

  • Lodi: Be Kind

• Paper 2 Thesis practice

March 12

• paper 1 practice

• Homework:  

  • Read poems for next class and note down words you don't know

March 16

• poetry presentation

  • Olivier Half Cast (Find an audio for this one)

• Paper 2 Thesis practice

March 19

• paper 1 practice

March 23: 

March 26: 

March 30 : Mock Exams/Review

April 2: 

April 6: Easter Holiday

April 9: Easter Holiday

April 13: Easter Holiday

April 16: Easter Holiday

April 20: Easter Holiday

April 23: Review session

April 27:  Exams start

May 7: Afternoon English A: Paper 1

May 8: Morning English A: Paper 2