Monday, April 1st

*Check Drafts
*Workshop Drafts
---DO take notes on your partner's poem (in packet).
---DO start your feedback with this: "What I heard you say was . . ."
---DO give them feedback on the "performance," too
---DO the process with three people today.
*We'll begin Wednesday!
---Not ready first time you're called = -1 letter-grade
---Not ready second time = Zero
---Be real!

*OBJECTIVE: Present findings and evidence clearly and convincingly in a style appropriate to the audience and purpose.

Friday, March 29th

*Draft your explication.
---Follow outline on page 2
------THESIS!  Decide on a the dominant theme/emotion in the poem!
------INTRO/CONCLUSION!
---Write it out? Outline? Final Draft of Annotations?  How will you proceed?
---Draft (your choice of format) due Monday.

*OBJECTIVE:  Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience.

Thursday, March 28th--sub

*Day 1/2:  Draft Explication
---Due Monday

Wednesday, March 27th

*Model Explication:  "Eating Poetry"

*Begin drafting your explication.
---After today, TWO more work-days
---Follow outline on page 2
---Write it out? Outline? Final Draft of Annotations?  How will you proceed?
---Draft (your choice of format) due Monday.

*OBJECTIVE:  Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience.

Tuesday, March 26th

*Check Poetry Scavenger Hunt
---Review
*Details:  Poetry Pandemonium

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze author's craft moves in poetry.

Monday, March 25th

*Poetry Scavenger Hunt
---Use other hour's poems as a last resort
---Find a poem = Write the title.
---Find a line = Copy the line & poem #.
---Due tomorrow
*Check 3 Poetry Discussions (Notes)

OBJECTIVE:  *Analyze an author's choices in poetry.

Friday, March 15th

*Graduation Speeches?
*Check annotations.
*Poetry Discussions:  Discuss your poem with THREE other people today.
---Fill out THREE forms to record their observations.
---FIRST one at your table is okay, but then go exploring.
---Didn't finish today?  Get someone at home to respond to your poem instead.
---HW:  Have three completed forms when we return from break.

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze an author's choices in poetry.

Thursday, March 13th

*Number every 5th line & continue annotations.
---Meanwhile, check author research.
*Dig Deeper
---Consider & respond to the questions under each craft-move.

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze an author's choices in poetry.

Wednesday, March 12th

*Read "Dig Deeper" Advice & See "Eating Poetry" Model

*Continue Author Research?

*Finished?  Work on "unfolding" your poem.
---1) Define unfamiliar/key words
---2) Annotate, recording every response, connection, and thought. ZOOM IN.

*HW:  Author Research Due TOMORROW

*HW:  Annotations Due Friday

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze an author's choices in poetry.

Tuesday, March 12th

*Stray Poems?
*7th:  Collect Snicket Response
*Begin Author Research (10pts, due Thursday)
---Use at least 3 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

*OBJECTIVE: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information.

Monday, March 11th

*Collect Stray Poems
*"All Good Slides Are Slippery"
---7m, 1/2 page: Choose one (or more) quote(s) and respond.
---Discuss

*OBJECTIVE: Reconsider poetry--what it's good for and how best to cope.

Friday, March 8th

Find a Poem
---Random Poem?
---POETRY mobile app (by Poetry Foundation)?
---Add Poem to "Print Poem" G-Classroom Assignment
------Preserve formatting.
------Include title, poet's name, year of poet's birth, & your name
------By start of class MONDAY.
------No duplicates.  "Lock" by printing.

*OBJECTIVE:  Browse a gallery of words.  Find some you like.

Thursday, March 7th

Find a Poem
---Random Poem?
---POETRY mobile app (by Poetry Foundation)?
---Add Poem to "Print Poem" G-Classroom Assignment
------Preserve formatting.
------Include title, poet's name, year of poet's birth, & your name
------By start of class MONDAY.
------No printing until TOMORROW.
------No duplicates.  "Lock" by printing.

*OBJECTIVE:  Browse a gallery of words.  Find some you like.

Wednesday, March 6th

*3rd:  Finish Essay Test
*Revisiting themes
---Pick a character
---Think/Write
---Share/Discuss
---Choose "most interesting" character.
------Explain

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze character development in a drama.

Tuesday, March 5th

*Hamlet Essay Test
*You may have out . . .
---paper to write on
---play.
---prewriting (no drafts, just notes)
---essay prompt
*Reminders
---No intro/conclusion
---Attach, punctuate, document quotes (I.iii.34-7)
---Review scoring guide

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze character development in a drama.

Monday, March 4th

*Pre-write for Hamlet Essay Test
---Which character(s)?
---What's your claim?
---How to organize/paragraph?
------2a)  Warning:  Avoid excessive plot summary!
*One side of a page . . .
---Thesis
---Topic sentences
---Evidence
*Tomorrow:  Write!

*OBJECTIVE: Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience.

Friday, March 1st

*Review Act V Big Questions
---Collect
*Line-up:  How crazy WAS Hamlet?
*Monday:  Pre-write
*Tuesday:  Essay Test

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze an author's choices in drama.

Thursday, February 28th--Sub

*Watch Act V