Day:

Classwork:

Homework:

Mon -

Finish JC movie

Return JC test and other assignments

Introduction to Poetry - Terms: figures of speech (simile, metaphor, personification)

No homework.

Tues -

Connotation website.

Poetry Terms: Tone

Read "The Pheasant", "The Meadow Mouse"

Read "Abandoned Farmhouse", "Dreams"

Write a simile poem (directions).

Wed -

Hear simile poems.

Review homework poems.

Read "The Toaster", "Nursery Rhyme for the Tender-Hearted".

Read "The Raven".

Thurs -

Poetry Terms: stanza, symbol

Read "The Schoolboy", "Leisure", "Casey at the Bat"

Read "Dust of Snow", "Nothing Gold Can Stay", "Mother to Son".

Fri -

Review homework poems.

Poem writing exercise - Sense poems (word or pdf).

Finish Sense poem.

Complete poem writing exercise - Month metaphor poems (word or pdf).