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10th grade Honors English

Unit Outline for Poetry and Poetry Out Loud Unit

Essential Questions: How can poetry move the human spirit? How can different poets express the same emotions and themes differently? Why do we read and write poetry? How is poetry relevant in our lives today? What kind of poetry do I like? Why might a poet choose structure or free verse? What can I gain from reading and writing poetry? How can I be a better public speaker? How can I read a poem expressively?

Keep everything that we do in this unit for your Poetry Portfolio

*Note that agenda is subject to change*

|Day/ Date |In Class |Homework |

|DGP sentence for this week (16): rebekka likes reading novels writing poetry and diagramming sentences |

|Monday |Teacher Workday | |

|1/5/09 | | |

|Tuesday |Small Winter Break assignment due |Ongoing Homework: |

|1/6/09 |Pass back research papers; students review comments and write reflections on how to |Review vocabulary - all quizzes are |

| |improve essay-writing |cumulative; DGP Daily Grammar Practice; |

| |Share favorite poems with each other, and write short reflections on new poems you read |READ Bell Jar or Cuckoo (your choice) |

| |(KEEP for portfolio) | |

|Wednesday |Assign CP’s – collaborative pairs/ partners |Read either Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar |

|1/7/09 |Poetry Out Loud poem swap – choose 2 poems and read aloud to your CP. Write reflections |or Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s|

| |on new poems you read. |Nest by 1/26 or 1/27 at the latest |

| |Introduce The Bell Jar and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – students choose and check | |

| |out one to read | |

|Thursday |**Deadline to get POL poem choice approved** |Ongoing: Read Bell Jar or Cuckoo & |

|1/8/09 |**In the Media Center today** |annotate as you read; Memorize and |

| |“Initial Interpretation” of POL poem–quick 1-2 paragraphs |practice to perform POL poem |

| |Type POL poem in ALL CAPS and re-emphasize | |

| |Find 2 pieces of literary criticism on your poem or poet | |

|Friday |Practice reading POL poem out loud to your CP’s | |

|1/9/09 |Gloss Grammar Quiz 6 from fall in preparation for Grammar Quiz 1 of spring | |

|DGP sentence for the week (17): my friend alexis watched friends on Thursday and said it wasn’t very funny |

|Monday |Hand out syllabus revisions, unit outline, & new hall passes |Ongoing: Read & annotate Bell Jar or |

|1/12/09 |Hand out vocab packet – sentences due Thursday |Cuckoo; memorize and practice performing |

| |In D-105 - Peruse & listen to poems on favorite poem project: |POL poem; catch up on anything not |

| |videos.html - write a short reflection about 2 performances you |finished in class |

| |like and 1 you do not; | |

| |Look up background/bio on your poet and jot a paragraph; | |

| |Catch up: if you need it, time for glossing GQ6 and finding lit crit articles | |

|Tuesday |New seating chart – in CP’s (collaborative pairs) |Practice performing POL poem with |

|1/13/09 |Hand out POL performance rubric |awareness of tone |

| |Discuss tone – hand out list of tone vocabulary (relate to performances you liked | |

| |yesterday; consider tone of your POL poem); | |

| |Read poems in groups with different assigned emotions; | |

| |Write a short reflection on which tone fit each poem best and why/ how different | |

| |emotions affected each poem | |

|Wednesday |Hand out DGP packet for semester; |Vocabulary sentences due tomorrow |

|1/14/09 |Go over vocabulary words list 1; | |

| |Discuss and listen to selected poems (Poetry 180 and Poetry Speaks); | |

| |Assign Compare/ Contrast Essay: Variations on a Theme – due with your Poetry Portfolio | |

| |1/26; Portfolio rubric; | |

| |Discuss theme; Creative writing: write 1 original poem about the same theme you will | |

| |focus on in your POL poem | |

|Thursday |Check vocabulary sentences list 1; |Study for vocab quiz |

|1/15/09 |Quick grammar review; | |

| |Discuss e.e. cummings’ “anyone lived in a pretty how town” | |

| |Creative writing: write 1 original poem on any theme, in any style | |

|Friday |Grammar Quiz 6 gloss due |Prepare for in-class performances of POL |

|1/16/09 |Vocabulary Quiz 1 |poems Tuesday |

| |Grammar Review | |

| |Practice performing POL poems with CP’s | |

|DGP sentence for next week (18): after we read the play the taming of the shrew mrs basu showed us the movie |

|Monday |MLK Day Holiday | |

|1/19/09 | | |

|Tuesday |Poetry Out Loud in-class competition/ performances |Ongoing: Continue reading & annotating |

|1/20/09 |Class vote on each class winner |Bell Jar/ Cuckoo – finish by 1/26, or |

| | |1/27 at latest |

|Wednesday |3-step reflection on your poem (in-class reflective essay) – make sure you bring your 2 |Study for grammar quiz – phrases & |

|1/21/09 |pieces of literary criticism |clauses, esp. function of noun in noun |

| | |clauses |

|Thursday |Quick grammar review | |

|1/22/09 |Grammar Quiz 1: phrases & clauses extensively | |

| |Haiku; Creative writing: write 3 original haiku | |

|Friday |Go over vocabulary words list 2 |Poetry Portfolio due Monday |

|1/23/09 |Catch-up & review | |

|DGP sentence for next week (19): alfonso my mothers cousin bought new running shoes since he enjoys running |

|Monday |Poetry Portfolios Due – share & turn in |MUST be finished reading Bell Jar/ Cuckoo|

|1/26/09 |** Begin new unit: mental health/ sanity & insanity with The Bell Jar and One Flew Over |tomorrow; Prepare for I-O circle |

| |the Cuckoo’s Nest |discussions; vocab sentences due tomorrow|

| |Introduce Socratic seminar/ inner-outer circle discussions for The Bell Jar and One Flew| |

| |Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | |

|Tuesday |Check vocabulary sentences list 2; |Prepare for I-O circle discussions; Study|

|1/27/09 |Sylvia Plath packet – literary criticism, background, and 4 poems |for vocab quiz 2 |

|Wednesday |Vocabulary Quiz 2 |Prepare for I-O circle discussions – |

|1/28/09 |Working groups to prepare for Inner-Outer Circle Discussions |discussion outline due tomorrow |

|Thursday |Begin Inner-Outer Circle Discussions on Bell Jar & Cuckoo |Get permission slip for One Flew Over the|

|1/29/09 | |Cuckoo’s Nest film signed |

|Friday |Inner-Outer Circle Discussions on Bell Jar & Cuckoo | |

|1/30/09 | | |

|DGP sentence for next week (20): who wants to sign up to hear stefanos band in concert |

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