Poetry Week #1

Welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed your Winter Break. We are now in the new year with only two weeks before semester finals! Our final unit for the first semester is poetry. We will be highlighting a few important poets, their poetry, and writing our own. You will compose a poetry journal as your final major project.

We will also be starting to work in the vocabulary workbooks. You will be flying through them so please stay on top of your work. If you bring your vocabulary workbook to school with you on Monday, you will earn 5 extra credit points.

This is what our first week back will look like:

Monday, January 5
1. Intro to Poetry (notetaking)
2. Begin Vocabulary Lesson 1 & 2
3. Pass out Poetry Unit Calendars
HOMEWORK: Complete Vocab Lessons 1 & 2.

Tuesday, January 6
1. Discuss Robert Frost
2. Discuss Name and Description poem
3. Review Lesson 1 & 2
HOMEWORK: Write Name poem and Description poem.

Wednesday, January 7
1. Discuss Emily Dickinson
2. Discuss Parody and Limerick poem
3. Vocabulary Lesson 3 & 4
HOMEWORK: Complete Vocab Lessons 3 & 4 and write Parody and Limerick poem.

Thursday, January 8
1. Discuss Langston Hughes
2. Discuss Reminiscence poem
3. Review Lesson 3 & 4
HOMEWORK: Study for Vocab Test on Friday and write Reminiscence poem.

Friday, January 9
1. Discuss Lewis Carroll
2. Discuss I do not understand poem
3. Vocab Test 1-4
4. Poem Check (Should have written 5 poems already.)
HOMEWORK: Write I do not understand poem.

"Never lose an opportunity to see anything that is beautiful."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson