November/December 2011 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 28 29 30 1 2 Figurative Language Tone/Voice Rhyme/Meter Poetic Devices Poetry Slam Homework: Figurative Language Diction/Rhyme/Images/Mood Sonnets Poetry Project Workshop Present an original poem from in Songs your poetry project Homework: Poetry Project Workshop Homework: Prepare original poem Read: for Poetry Slam Homework: Poetry Projects Due Voice in Langston Hughes poetry Homework: Write a sonnet for Monday! “We Wear The Mask” by Paul your poetry project Read: Laurence Dunbar; “Hanging Fire” by Audrey Lorde; “My Papa’s “Sonnet #27” by William Waltz” by Theodore Roethke; Shakespeare; “A Wreath for “Theme for English B” by Emmet Till” by Marilyn Nelson Langston Hughes 5 Poetry Projects Due
November/December 2011 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 28 Figurative Language Homework: Figurative Language in Songs Read: “We Wear The Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar; “Hanging Fire” by Audrey Lorde; “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke; “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes 29 Tone/Voice Diction/Rhyme/Images/Mood Homework: Voice in Langston Hughes poetry Read: “Sonnet #27” by William Shakespeare; “A Wreath for Emmet Till” by Marilyn Nelson 30 Rhyme/Meter Sonnets Poetry Project Workshop Homework: Write a sonnet for your poetry project 1 Poetic Devices Poetry Project Workshop Homework: Prepare original poem for Poetry Slam 2 Poetry Slam Present an original poem from your poetry project Homework: Poetry Projects Due Monday! 5 Poetry Projects Due