Day:

Classwork:

Homework:

Mon -

Return simile poems

Hear and collect sense and month metaphor poems

Read "Living Tenderly"

Write a "What am I" poem - minimum 8 lines

MS Choral Concert

Complete poetry terms worksheet (word or pdf)

Finish "What am I" poem

Tues -

Return sense and month metaphor poems

Hear "What am I" poems and collect

Read "Sloth", "Snare", "Moo!", and "If"

MS Instrumental Concert

Complete poetry terms worksheet (word or pdf)

Wed -

Review poetry terms.

Limericks - hear examples, how to write

Ogden Nash - hear examples

Write 3 limericks due Friday

Write 3 Ogden Nash style poems - due Friday

Poetry quiz Friday

Thurs -

Meet the Mets!

No classes.

Finish homework from previous night.

Poetry quiz tomorrow.

Fri -

Poetry quiz.

Collect limericks and Ogden Nash poems.

Sentence diagramming.

TBD