Week of March 28
Pd. 2, 4, 5,7
English:
Poetry
Monday, Mar. 28: Pd. 2, 5, 7
When you come in, get your notebook, a textbook, and your brain.
Write the homework in your agenda.
HW: Test on the two poems by Pat Mora on Wed. (pd. 2,4,7) and Thurs. ( pd 5)
Begin work on the Poetry Collection you choose this period.
BW: “Model Selection: Poetry” on handout in plastic
Open to your Poetry Notes sheet(s)
•Draw a line under your last entry. •Write today’s date in the margin.
1. Take notes on the first paragraph and the words in bold.
English:
Poetry
Monday, Mar. 28: Pd. 2, 5, 7
CW:
1. Update your notebooks.
2. Select and let me know the Poetry
Collection you wish to study.
3. Meet with others who have selected
the same Collection.
English:
Poetry
Tues., Mar. 29: Pd. 4
When you come in, get your notebook, a textbook, and your brain.
Write the homework in your agenda.
HW: 1. Test on the two poems by Pat Mora on Thurs., Mar 31. 2. Begin work on the Poetry Collection you choose this period. 3. Meet in V-115 Computer Lab on Friday.
BW: “Model Selection: Poetry” on handout in plastic
Open to your Poetry Notes sheet(s)
•Draw a line under your last entry. •Write today’s date in the margin.
1. Take notes on the first paragraph and the words in bold.
English:
Poetry
Tues., Mar. 29: Pd. 4
CW:
1. Update your notebooks.
2. Select and let me know the Poetry
Collection you wish to study.
3. Meet with others who have selected
the same Collection.
English:
Poetry
Tues., Mar. 29: Pd. 2,5,7
When you come in, get your notebook, a textbook, and your brain.
Write the homework in your agenda.
HW: 1. Test on the two poems by Pat Mora, Fri. , April 1 (No joke!) 2. Begin reading the poems in the Poetry Collection you chose. 3. Meet in V-115 Computer Lab on Friday.
BW: “
Model Selection: Poetry”Open to your Poetry Notes sheet(s)
•Draw a line under your last entry. •Write today’s date in the margin.
• Using your notes, define the following (write the word, too) and give an example of each:
1. Metaphor
English:
Poetry
Tues., Mar. 29: Pd. 2,5,7
CW:
1. Continue updating your notebooks.
2. Complete the “After You Read” on page
615.
•
Do the “Critical Thinking” and the
“Poetry Review”
•
Do NOT do the “Research the Author”
3. If you finish both of the above, begin
English:
Poetry
Wed., Mar. 30: Pd. 2,4,7
When you come in, get your notebook, a textbook, and your brain.
Write the homework in your agenda.
HW: 1. Test on the two poems by Pat Mora, Fri. , April 1 (No joke!) 2. Begin reading the poems in the Poetry Collection you chose. 3. Meet in V-115 Computer Lab on Friday.
BW: “
Writing Poetry” Open to your Poetry Notes sheet(s) •Draw a line under your last entry.•Write today’s date in the margin.
• Write a poem about yourself in which you include at least one of each of the following devices. Underline and label each device.
1. Metaphor
2. Personification 3. Assonance
English:
Poetry
Wed., Mar. 30: Pd. 2,4,7
CW:
1. Continue updating your notebooks.
2. Complete the “After You Read” on page 615.
•
Do the “Critical Thinking” and the “Poetry
Review”
•
Do NOT do the “Research the Author”
3. Take notes on the “Before You Read” section of
the collection you have chosen. Make sure you
know what page(s) you should be on.
English:
Poetry
Thurs., Mar. 31: Pd. 4,5,7
When you come in, get your notebook, a textbook, and your brain.
Write the homework in your agenda.
HW: 1. Test on the two poems by Pat Mora, tomorrow. , April 1 (No joke!)
2. Begin reading the poems in the Poetry Collection you chose. 3. Meet in V-115 Computer Lab tomorrow.
BW: “
Writing Poetry” Open to your Poetry Notes sheet(s) •Draw a line under your last entry.•Write today’s date in the margin.
• Write a poem about the “Sunset” in the following picture in which you include at least one of each of the following
devices. Underline and label each device.
1. Simile
2. Alliteration 3. Assonance
English:
Poetry
Thurs., Mar. 31: Pd. 4,5,7
CW:
1. Continue updating your notebooks.
2. Complete the “After You Read” on page 615.
•
Do the “Critical Thinking” and the “Poetry
Review”
•
Do NOT do the “Research the Author”
3. Take notes on the “Before You Read” section of
the collection you have chosen. Make sure you
know what page(s) you should be on.
English:
Poetry (Computer Lab)
Fri., April 1--All Classes
CW: Poets’s Biographies
1. Refer to the Poetry Collection you have selected. (See p. xx of the text’s Table of Contents to locate the authors.)
2. Type a ONE-page, double-spaced biography of each author (10 or 12 font, Arial or Times New Roman).
3. Include in the following: from
Wikipedia:
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life . A biography is more than a list of impersonal facts (education, work, relationships, and death).
It also portrays the subject's experience of those events. A biography presents the subject's story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including literary works and other experiences.
It may also include an analysis of the subject's personality.
