Tuesday, April 29th--2nd & 6th Hours

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium

Monday, April 28th--7th Hour

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium

Friday, April 25th--2nd, 6th, & 7th Hours

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium

Thursday, April 24th--6th Hour (42 mins)

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium

Wednesday, April 23rd---2nd Hour

*Explore another poem by your author
---Comparison/Contrast Questions Due FRIDAY
---Print to FHC_RM151_color

Tuesday, April 22nd--7th Hour (42 mins)

*Read "All Good Slides Are Slippery" Together
*Write a response to one of these quotes.  Be ready to share.
---Discuss

Tuesday, April 22nd--2nd & 6th Hours

*Review details of Poetry Pandemonium
---order
---procedure
---voting
---scoring guide
*5 mins prep.
*Begin!
---unprepared when called = -1 letter-grade

Monday, April 21st--7th Hour

*Review details of Poetry Pandemonium
---order
---procedure
---voting
---scoring guide
*5 mins prep.
*Begin!
---unprepared when called = -1 letter-grade

Wednesday, April 16th---2nd Hour, 42 mins

*Read "All Good Slides Are Slippery" Together
*Write a response to one of these quotes.  Be ready to share.
---Discuss

Tuesday, April 15th--2nd & 6th

*6th Hour--B Lunch:  11:05-11:40
*Check Author Research
*Work-day on explication
---Review presentation scoring guide
---Review instructions
------Intro.
------Body
------Conclusion
*First draft due Thursday.

Monday, April 14th--7th Hour

*B Lunch:  11:05-11:40
*Check Author Research
*Collect Stray Poems
*Work-day on explication
---Review presentation scoring guide
---Review instructions
------Intro.
------Body
------Conclusion
*First draft due Thursday.

Friday, April 11th

*Will check author-research next time I see you.

Suggestions on how to proceed:

1)  First, mark all words and phrases that were especially important in helping you make sense of the poem.

2)  Next, look up the meanings of all unfamiliar words and phrases.

3)  Then, read the poem more closely and settle on a dominant theme/emotion to focus on.

4)  Now, annotate the HECK out of it, making especially sure to mark passages which relate to your thesis.

5)  At that point, begin assembling a draft of your explication.  This could be done in several ways.

*First-draft of explications  due on Thursday, 4/17.

Thursday, April 10th

*Stray Poems?
*Begin Author Research (10pts)
---Use at least 2 sources (yes, one may be Wiki) to answer...
------Poet's life-span
------Significant life experiences that may have influenced his/her work?
------Political/social issues that were of special interest to the poet (if any)?
---Works Cited
*Finished?
---Start "Suggestions on how to proceed" process
------1)  Unfamiliar vocabulary

Wednesday, April 9th

*Collect Poems
---------Title
---------Poet's Name
---------Year of poet's birth
---------YOUR name
*"Eating Poetry"
---model explication
*Info.:  Poetry Pandemonium
*Meet in #151 tomorrow

Tuesday, April 8th

*Find a Poem
---10pts, due TOMORROW
------Hard Copy (I can print for you)
---------Title
---------Poet's Name
---------Year of poet's birth
---------YOUR name
*Collect 1984

Monday, April 7th

*Final Jeopardy Recap
*Vocabulary Post-test
---30pts
*Collect Vocabulary Notes
*Find a Poem
---10pts, due Wednesday
------Hard Copy (I can print for you)
---------Title
---------Poet's Name
---------Year of poet's birth
---------YOUR name
*Collect 1984

Friday, April 4th

*Vocabulary Review
*Monday:
---Post-test: 30pts
---Collect Novels
---Collect Vocabulary Notes

Thursday, April 3rd

*1984 Essay Test
---2+ sides of a page
---paragraphs!
---dictionary, thesaurus
---vocabulary
---hold essay until end of period

Wednesday, April 2nd

*Prewrite for Essay Test
---up to 1 side of a page
---no sentences/paragraphs
---outline, sticks-n-bubbles, lists
*Useful pieces
---sketched thesis
---sketched topic sentences
---page #'s for quotes
*TOMORROW:  1984 Essay Test

Tuesday, April 1st

*Discussion #6
---one-day discussion grade
------(attentive) bump-on-a-log, 6/10
------2 contributions, 8-9
------3+ contributions, 10
*Wednesday:  Pre-write for essay test.
*Thursday:  1984 Essay Test