Homework & Class Assignments: Q3 (January 14th- March 13th, 2015)
January 14th: Introduce Poetry Start writing Poem #1: "I am" or "Where I am From" poems (Self-expression poetry) Due: January 20th, 2015
January 15th: Work time on Poem #1 HW: Bring in song lyrics that you enjoy, or find to be poetic.
January 19th: No School, MLK DAY Join us at the Bringing the Noise for MLK Jr. Event (7 pm -10 pm) Nourse Theater, see Ms. Clo for information and tickets!
January 20th: Due today: Poem #1 Share song lyrics, discuss poetic devices such as: personification, metaphor, simile, extended metaphor, rhyme, alliteration, repetition, allusion- (reference to a literary event, historical event, person/place/thing). Look at themes/topics of songs.
Begin drafting Poem #2: Poem based on song lyrics. Due on Thursday 1/29.
January 22nd: Work time on Poem #2 Laptops, share drafts in pairs
January 26th: Share our work, work time on Poem #2 Static #3 Share Poem #1 with whole class Discuss topics that Poem #2 can be about. HW: Work on Poem #2: Due Thursday 1/29 at the beginning of class.
January 27th: Begin poetry based on a memory or photograph Static #4 - memories Introduce and read poems based on a memory or photograph - Poem #3 Laptops during A & B blocks, work time on Poem #2, work on your second draft, meet with Ms. Clobucker to conference on poem. HW: Poem #2- typed and due Thursday 1/29 at the beginning of class. Can print out at the end of this block, if you want to turn in early!
January 29th: Poem #3 and start spoken word lessons Static #5 - what we see, what we don't see Share out and then collect Poem #2 Bring your photo, or your list of brainstorms from your childhood memories Work time on Poem #3, poetry workshops End class with a spoken word video and start talking about performance HW: Type up Poem #3, due on 2/2 Groundhog Day
Monday, February 2nd: Groundhog Day! Share and collect Poem #3 Spoken word introduction continues NO HW!
Tuesday, February 3rd: First Workshop Day with visiting poet (Patrick)
Thursday, February 5th: Introduce Haiku and Environment Poems Outside observations and writing Work time on Poem #4 HW: Poem #4 due on Tuesday the 10th
Monday, February 9th: Pair/Share Poem #4 and workshop Final Poem #4 due on Tuesday at the beginning of the block
Tuesday, February 10th: Collect Poem #4 Workshop with Patrick No HW
Thursday, February 12th: Revision in A block B block: Guest poets (Wil Gibson, Billy Tuggle, Lee Knight) join our class to run a workshop and perform. NO HW
Monday, February 16th: Revision continued in A block & introduced in B block Use the poems you wrote in the workshop, or whatever you started with on Thursday (if in A block) Start Poem #5: Apology Poem (I am sorry...or I am NOT sorry!) or letter to someone, that you may or may not give them, or a poem about "Home"- (whatever that means to you). Due Tuesday, Feb. 24th.
Tuesday, February 17th: Workshop with Patrick, break up poem Writing time/Share out
Thursday, February 19th: No SCHOOL, Happy New Year!
Monday, February 23rd: Discuss Bookending, other poetry devices Work time on Poem #5 - check ins with Ms. Clo Missing work? Need to type a poem? Library writing time.