Assignments+Poetry+and+Music+as+Poetry

Make-up work day. Get Parent Portal Check Sheets signed for Friday (10 pts).**
 * Monday 2 March 2009

CSAP Testing 11:30-2:00**
 * Tuesday 3 March 2009

CSAP Testing 11:30-2:00**
 * Wednesday 4 March 2009

CSAP Testing 11:30-2:00**
 * Thursday 5 March 2009

Turn in Make up Work.** Turn in Parent Portal Check Sheets. (10 pts) Begin Poetry Unit. Poetic Devices Pre-Quiz (15 pts) [|10 Poetry Pre-Quiz.doc] Student Poetry Assignment sheet and Expectations. [|10 Poetry Student Poetry Assignment and Rubric.doc] Imagery Poem due Monday (5pts)
 * Friday 6 March 2009

Poetic Devices: Vocabulary and Matching [|10 Poetic Devices 1.doc] (15 pts) Personification Poem due Friday (5 pts)**
 * Monday 9 March 2009**
 * Turn in Imagery poems

CSAP Testing 11:30-2:00**
 * Tuesday 10 March 2009

CSAP Testing 11:30-12:45**
 * Wednesday 11 March 2009

CSAP Testing 11:30-2:00**
 * Thursday 12 March 2009

Turn in Personification Poems (5 pts) Review Imagery/Personification. Intro Alliteration/Onomatopoeia. Worksheet due at end of period (10 pts) [|10 Poetry Alliteration Onomatopoeia.doc] Poem/Lyrics Text: [|10 Poetry The Bells.doc] Alliteration/Onomatopoeia Poem (3 underlined examples of each) due Monday (5 pts) Parent Portal Check Sheet due Monday (10 pts)
 * Friday 13 March 2009**

Turn in Alliteration/Onomatopoeia Poems. (5 pts) Turn in Parent Portal Check Sheets. (10 pts) Entry Slip: Explain the difference between Literary Tone and Mood. Begin Simile/Metaphor/Symbol. [|10 Poetry Metaphor Simile Symbol.doc] Worksheet due at end of Period. (10 pts) Simile/Metaphor Poem due Wednesday/Thursday (5 pts).
 * Monday 16 March 2009**

Continue Simile/Metaphor/Symbol. [|10 Poetry Simile Metaphor activity.doc] (Due in class 10 pts). Intro: [|10 Poetry Lyric Analysis.doc]. Bring classroom appropriate song lyrics to class Wednesday/Thursday to analyze (www.azlyrics.com). Lyrics will be provided for students who do not bring their own, but a maximum of 1/2 credit for the assignment.
 * Tuesday 17 March 2009**

Thursday 19 March 2009 (p 7)** Turn in Simile/Metaphor Poems (5 pts). Metaphor Review: [|10 Metaphor Review.doc] (5 pts) Song lyric analysis activity (linked above). Poetry Test. Rhyme Scheme Poem due Friday (5 pts).
 * Wednesday 18 March 2009 (p 4)

Turn in Rhyme Scheme poems (5 pts) [|Student Poetry Rubric.doc] Final Poem Due Monday.
 * Friday 20 March 2009**

Finalize Polished poem in class in Google Docs (10 pts.)
 * Monday 23 March 2009**

[|Student Poetry Peer Editing.doc] (10 pts)
 * Tuesday 24 March 2009**

Thursday 26 March 2009 (p 6)** Snow Day Present Student Poetry in class. (20 points as per rubric attached above) Grammar: [|Apostrophes, SV Agreement.doc], and [|Grammar Cliches.doc], [| Homonyms 2.doc]. (Due Tuesday, 7 April, 20 pts) Parent Portal Grade Check Sheets (2nd Six Week Check) (due Tuesday, 7 April, 10 pts)
 * Wednesday 25 March 2009 (p 1 and 3)

Snow Day
 * Friday 27 March 2009**
 * End 2nd Six Weeks.**


 * Spring Break 28 March-5 April: No School**

P4: Finish Grammar Packets. Begin __The Great Gatsby__. P 7: Present Student Poetry. Begin Grammar Packets. Grammar: [|Apostrophes, SV Agreement.doc], and [|Grammar Cliches.doc], [| Homonyms 2.doc]. (Due Tuesday, 7 April, 20 pts) Parent Portal Grade Check Sheets (2nd Six Week Check) (due Tuesday, 7 April, 10 pts)
 * Monday 6 April 2009**

Turn in Parent Portal Grade Tracking Sheets (10 pts). Begin __The Great Gatsby__.
 * Tuesday 7 April 2009**