English 6 - Week of 2/28-3/4

Monday - Finish Limericks/Teach Parts of Speech Poems. - Memorize poems

Wednesday - First group of students to recite poems. - Teach Terse Verse

Thursday - 2nd group of students to recite poems. - Type Poem Page.

Poetry Book Due 3/10

English 7 - Week 2/28 - 3/4

Monday - Students will revise, edit and type entries for Barnes and Nobles Favorite Teacher writing contest - Due Tuesday 3/1.

Tuesday - Friday - Back to grammar, specifically adjective and adverb clauses. Look for more sentence diagramming.

English 8 - Week of 2/28 - 3/4

Poetry Anthologies are due Wednesday, 3/2

Students will write an entry for the Barnes and Nobles "Favorite Teacher" writing contest on Thursday. We will practice for First Friday Mass on Thursday.

End of Trimester this Friday 3/4.

English 7 - Week of 2/22-2/25

2/22 - Poetry Book Work Day

2/23 - Poetry Recitation

2/24 - Poetry Work Day- Class Edit

2/25 - Poetry Books Due

English 8 - Week of 2/22-2/25

2/22 - Write minimum 4 quatrain story poem. Should have rhyme and rhythm. Write Poetry Page

2/23 - Poetry Recitation in Class - Write Personification using verbs naming human actions. Write Poetry Page

2/24 - Write Free Verse - Work on Poetry Pages

2/25 - Vocabulary Test #2

2/28 - Poetry Work Day

3/1 - Poetry Work Day - Class Edit

3/2 - Poetry Books Due

English 6 - Week of 2/14 - 2/18

Students are writing original poetry and responding to poetry of other authors. Students should also select a poem to memorize. Here are some dates to keep in mind:
2/16 - Students should have completed Name Poem, 3 Haiku, and 2 Diamonte Poems.
2/17 - Students should have 2 quatrains.
2/23 - Story Poem Due
2/24 - 2 Limericks due.
3/3 - Students should recite a poem - Must be a minimum of 12 lines long and must be pre-approved by me.
Poetry book will be due March 3rd.

English 7 - Week of 2/14-2/18

Students have been writing poetry and finding poetry from other authors. Students should have finished writing all poetry up through " alliteration" and should have copied at least five poems by other authors. Students should have selected their poems for memorization (I need to approve it) and should be memorizing it.

Here are some upcoming due dates:
2/24 - Original poetry up thorugh personification should be complete.
2/23 - Poetry Recitation Date..Poems should be memorized.
2/25 - Final poetry books due...all poems written, illustrated and arranged nicely in a book.

English 8 - Week of 2/14 - 2/18

Students are writing original poetry, copying poetry from other authors, writing a brief literary analysis of each poem, and memorizing a poem to recite to class. Students should be writing approximately one poem per night and copying one or more poems from other authors each night or in class. By the end of this week, students should have written all the personification and metaphor poems and should have the sonnet completed. Here are some upcoming due dates...
2/17 - Sonnet Due
2/18 - Sentences and Definitions #2 - Due
2/23 - Poetry Recitation in Class (14 line or longer poem needs to be memorized)
2/25 - Vocabulary Test #2 (Poetry book check date)
3/2 - Final Poetry Book Due