| 1. Poetic Devices partnership activity: 1 extra credit point each |
| 2. Movie: Dead Poets Society |
| 3. Discussion and Quick-Writes on DPS |
| 4. Review of Poetic Devices with activities |
| 5. Mr. Ray introduces poetry genres, styles and types Students pick a poem (from books or Ray Sites: Links to Poets and Beat Poets) and present it with an introduction either explaining why they like it or what it means. |
| 6. Student-Teacher
performances and discussion of poetry now begin each class session Selections come from "Archive of Important Poetry" Packet |
| 7. Personification Poem |
| 8. Simile Poem |
| 9. Sense Poem (Imagery) |
| 10. Questad Poem |
| 11. First set of 6 poems with images
due- first drafts but worksheet poems do not count Poetry Progress Chart - Work completion grade and some comments/corrections. |
| 12. Bio Poem |
| 13. Haiku packet |
| 14. Poem format and typing of Poetry Book begun in Computer Applications |
| 15. Parody Day with song lyrics packet, examples
and music (Weird Al) Q. Example: Twas the Day before Finals |
| 16. Individual Poetry Book Creation: Example |