Assignments: August 31-September 4, 2015
Monday, August 31:
Tuesday, September 1:
Friday, September 4
Monday, August 31:
- Bellringer--portfolio progress
- Intro to Villanelle (notes)
- Analyze "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
- Handout--Villanelle format
- HW--Poetry Exit Slip; continue work on poetry portfolio
Tuesday, September 1:
- Bell ringer- Kanye for President in 2020? Your thoughts...
- Analyze "Sonnet 18"
- Shakespearean Sonnets--format PPT
- Sonnet format sheet
- HW--continue portfolio work
- Bellringer--Write an observation or question you have about each of the following types of poetry: imagist, villanelle, and sonnet
- Handout--poetry format WS--all types covered so far are represented
- Ekphrastic Poetry PPT
- Sylvia Plath’s “The Disquieting Muses”
- EdCafe--Introduction
- Mini EdCafe with Ekphrastic Poetry
- EdCafe (By Tuesday--Must have poem ready to present to class)
- choose a poem you would like to “mirror” for your portfolio (by Friday)
- must be ready to lead an EdCafe with a poem written based off the original (by Tuesday)
- HW-Time in class to work on poetry portfolio/ finish notes
Friday, September 4
- Bellringer: Free Write Friday---or--What are your Labor Day Weekend plans?
- Reminder of due dates for poetry
- Sign-up for EdCafe #1
- Concrete Poetry PPT/Notes; Turn and Talk
- Independent Work Expectations/Missing Work?
- HW: Time to work on all types of poetry for portfolio