Week of February 20^th

Week of February 27^th

Week of March 6^th

Monday

-Warmup: Weekly Theme Quote

-Focus Terms: Rhyme Scheme

-Read poems Rp3 aloud & label

-On the Spot Writing

Homework:

-WN: Rhyme scheme 3 rhymes

-Read/review Rp4

-1^st & 2^nd: Complete con/den activity

Staff Development/

Student Holiday

Homework:

- finish Friday’s assignments

-Warmup: Weekly Theme Quote

-WN: TOC – WN #5

-GEARUP: workday

Homework:

-work on RD, mini-proj, WN!

-Mini-Proj due Fri!

Tuesday

ELA TAKS TEST in morning

(5^th-7^th)

-Warmup: Freewrite

-Con/denotation activity due EOC

Homework:

-Read Rp5-6 (ALL classes)

-Warmup: Weekly Theme Quote

-TOP Essay #5, due EOC

-Onomatopoeia Focus

   -Read Media Con. p696 LitBk

   -WN: 5 facts, p697

   -Read poems, p698-99

-RD2 due by 5pm (turnitin.com)

Homework:

-Loose-leaf: q’s 4 + 8, p700, &

  Lit. Elem. Q’s, p701

-Warmup: Freewrite

-WN: RD#3 rubric

-Epics, Elegies, & Odes, Rp20-23

-Hyperbole Focus

   -WN: 5 facts, p628

   -Read poems, p629-630

Homework:

-WN: write 1 original of ea. style

-DIDLS & ST-CAST Rumi’s

  poem on Rp 37

Wednesday

-Warmup: Big Word Vocab

-11 Minute Essay

-Couplets & Limericks

   -read & fill in Rp 12

-Focus Element: Enjambment

-WN: DIDLS template

-Handout: Lanuage/Syntax

Homework:

-DIDLS Rp13

-WN: write 3 couplets & 4 limericks

-Warmup: Big Word Vocab

-Prose vs. Verse

   -Read poems on Rp 30

-Lyric Poems, read Rp 14

   -WN: 5 facts, p642 Red Lit bk

   -Read “The Road…” & “We

    Are Many,” p643-44

Homework:

-Loose-leaf: q’s 2,3,5,8,9, p646

-Warmup: Big Word Vocab

-Guest Speaker

-Poetry for the Professions

-Concrete poem, Rp 33

-WN: write 2 original concrete

-Turn in WN#5

Homework:

-organize research paper, generate

  q’s to answer tomorrow

Thursday

-Warmup: Quick Write Prompt

-Con/Den followup & Tone Focus: 

  Analyze Lyrics

-Translations; Rp7-8

-Haiku & Tanka, p686 Red Lit Bk

   -WN: Five facts

-Read examples on p687

Homework:

-WN: Comp Trans #s 1-4, Rp8

-WN: write 3 haiku & 2 tanka

-Warmup: Quick Write Prompt

-Focus: Symbolism, Rp 15

-Sonnets, Rp19

-WN: TP-CAST template

-Read Rp39 & practice st-cast

-Focus: Personification

Homework:

-ID/expl 3 personification Rp39

-Warmup: Quick Write Prompt

-Info about memorization

-Library Day: research

Homework:

-work on RD #3

-mini-project due tomorrow

-work on six week project

Friday

-Warmup: Visual

-Handout 11 min essay rubric

WN: TOP 3 essay prompt

-Free verse: “Starlight,” Rp18

-WN: Five facts, p690 Red Lit Book

-Read “Constantly…” p692

-Read ee cummings poems, Rp25

-Quick note: villanelles

Homework:

-Read foot/meter Rp5 & didls Rp16

-WN: 1 orig. free verse

-Loose-leaf: TOP 3 essay

-Loose-leaf: q’s Rp18 (“…Cool”)

-Warmup: Visual

-Turn in mini-project

-Guest Speaker

-Write Poetry for the Profession

-Read poems on Rp27 & Rp28

-Read Rp17 & note style

Homework:

-finish work from class

-loose-leaf: TP-CAST poem

 Rp28 & answer q’s on that page

-Warmup: Visual

-Anatomy of a Song

   -Jigsaw analyses

-On the Spot Writing

-Mini-project due by EOC

Homework:

-work on six week project

-work on research paper