Calendar

Note to teachers about this calendar: This is an old calendar that will give you an idea of how I paced this class. We had an odd/even block schedule on Wednesdays only that gave us a 70 minute period in which we could usually do our workshop session depending on the size of the class and other factors. Otherwise, workshop would take two fifty minute class periods.

1st Semester Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday


Poetry meets 2nd and 6th hours 1st Semester

 

 Days in light gold are days we don't meet or that there is no school.

 8/23
All 8 classes meet

Seating Chart
Syllabus, etc.

Hand out Evaluation form, #1 is due 8/25

 8/24

In lab: poetry syllaweb etc.

Being a Critic

 

 8/25

Evaluation #1 due

What is a Poem Made Of?

 

Poetry Grading Procedure

What is Poetry Workshop?

 8/28

Reading Day #1

 8/29

Study Day #1

8/30 Odd 8/31

Video # 1
Langston Hughes
Suggested focus: language as music

9/1

No School

 

Introduction to Poetry
a poem by Billy Collins

 9/4

No School

 

 9/5

Video #1 sheets due

Study Day #2

 9/6 Even

Workshop #1 Review Being a Critic 1st

9/7

Study Day #3

 9/8

Billy Collins Day

 
List of poets to choose from for research project. 9/11

Reading Day #2

 9/12

Study Day #4

 9/13 Odd 9/14

Workshop #2

 9/15

Workshop #2

 
 Pick up blank evaluation sheets before the day they're due.  9/18

Reading Day #3

 9/19

Study Day #5

 9/20 Even 

Workshop #3

 

 9/21

Video #2

 9/22

Video #2 sheets due

Evaluation #2 due

  9/25

Reading Day #4

 9/26

Study Day #6

 9/27 Odd 9/28

Study Day #7

 

 9/29

No School

 
See the essay, What is a Poem Made Of ? for the terms and definitions for the quiz on Friday. 10/2

Reading Day #5

 10/3

Study Day #8

 10/4 Even

Workshop #4

 

 10/5

Study Day #9

 10/6

Poetry Terms Quiz

Work Day

 
Langston Hughes		 10/9

Reading Day #6

 10/10

Study Day #10

 10/11 Odd

 

 

 10/12

Workshop #5

 10/13

Workshop #5

 

Elizabeth Bishop		 10/16

Reading Day #7

 10/17

Study Day #11

 

 10/18 Even

Workshop #6

 

 10/19

Video # 3
Elizabeth Bishop

 10/20

Video #3 sheets due

Work Day

William Carlos Williams		 10/23

Reading Day #8

 10/24

Lab reserved

Work Day

 10/25 Odd 10/26

No School

Teacher's Convention

 10/27

No School

Allen Ginsberg		 10/30

Research Project Presentations

 10/31
1st Quarter Ends

Research Project Presentations

 

 11/1 Even
2nd Quarter Begins

Workshop #7

 11/2

Study Day #12

 11/3

Evaluation #3 due

Individual Conferences

Billy Collins		 11/6

Reading Day #9

 11/7

The Beat Poets

 11/8 Odd

 

 

 11/9

Workshop #8

 11/10

Workshop #8

 

Robert Frost		 11/13

Reading Day #10

 11/14

Study Day #13

 11/15 Even

Workshop #9

 11/16

Video #4 
William Carlos Williams

NCTE Annual Convention

Parent/Teacher Conferences

 11/17

No School

Sharon Olds		 11/20

Video #4 sheets due

NCTE Annual Convention

Parent/Teacher Conferences

 11/21

Study Day #14

NCTE Annual Convention

 11/22 Odd 11/23

Thanksgiving Holiday

 11/24

Thanksgiving Holiday

Mark Strand		 11/27

Reading Day #11

 11/28

Study Day #15

 11/29 All 8 classes

 

 

 11/30

Workshop #10

 12/1

Workshop #10

 
News & Announcements 
About Poetry 
from the University of Pennsylvania		 12/4

Reading Day #12

 12/5

How To: Submitting Your Work

 12/6 Even

Workshop #11

 

 

 12/7

Video #5

 12/8

Video #5 sheets due

Evaluation #4 due

Work Day

12/11

Reading Day #13

 12/12

Study Day #16

 12/13 Odd

 

 

 12/14

Workshop #12

 12/15

Workshop #12
12/18

Reading Day #14

 12/19

Study Day #17

 12/20 Even

Workshop #13

 12/21

Songs as Poetry

 12/22

Songs as Poetry

Christmas Break begins at 3:15
2001
Happy 
New Year		 1/1

 

 

 1/2
School Resumes

Work Day / Lab reserved

 1/3 All 8 classes

Submissions Deadline

Work Day

 1/4

Workshop #14

 1/5

Workshop #14

 
1/8

Work Day / Lab reserved

 1/9

Open

 1/10

Semester Exams

 1/11

Semester Exams 

 1/12
End of 1st Semester

Semester Exams

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2nd Semester Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1/15

No School

 1/16
Second semester begins. 

We are in the computer lab today.

 1/17 Odd

Learn about metaphor by watching the movie Il Postino (The Postman). 

 1/18

movie

 1/19

movie

Evaluation #1 is due

Poetry Grading Procedure

 1/22

Reading Day #1

 1/23

Study Day #1

 1/24 Even 1/25

Workshop #1

 1/26

Workshop #1

 Introduction to Poetry
a poem by Billy Collins

 1/29

Reading Day #2

 1/30

Study Day #2

 1/31 Odd

Workshop #2

 2/1

Video: 
Langston Hughes

 2/2

Video cont. & summaries are due

 "But it ain't watcha write, it's the way atcha write it." Jack Kerouac

 2/5

Reading Day #3

 2/6

Study Day #3

 2/7 Even 2/8

Workshop #3

 2/9

Workshop #3

  2/12

Reading Day #4

 2/13

Study Day #4

 2/14

Workshop #4

 2/15

Terms Quiz

 2/16

No School

 Don't throw any poems away from workshop or from reading days!!!!

 2/19

No School

 2/20

Reading Day #5

 2/21 Even 2/22

Workshop #5

 2/23

Workshop #5
2/26

Reading Day #6

 2/27

Study Day #5

 2/28

Workshop #6

 3/1

Video #2:
Elizabeth Bishop

 3/2

Video cont., summaries are due

 Have trouble on workshop days? Review Being a Critic 3/5

Reading Day #7

 3/6

Study Day #6

 3/7 3/8

Evaluation #2 is due

 3/9
No School
Read "How To Be A Poet," a poem by Wendell Berry 3/12

Reading Day #8

 3/13

Study Day #7

 3/14

Workshop #7

 3/15

Video #3: 
Robert Frost

 3/16

Video cont., summaries are due
3/19

Poet Project Presentations

 3/20

Poet Project Presentations

 3/21 3/22

Workshop #8

 3/23
3rd Quarter Ends

Workshop #8
3/26
4th Quarter begins

Reading Day #9

 3/27

Study Day #8

 3/28

Workshop #9

 3/29

Study Day #9

 3/30

Open

 
4/2

Reading Day #10

 4/3

Study Day #10

 4/4 4/5

Workshop #10

 4/6

Workshop #10

Spring Break Begins at 3:15
4/16

Option Day

 4/17
School Resumes

Reading Day #11

 4/18

Workshop #11

 4/19

Video #4: 
Emily Dickinson

 4/20

Video cont., summaries are due
4/23

Reading Day #12

 4/24

How to submit your poems for publication.

 4/25 4/26

Workshop #12

 4/27

Workshop #12
  4/30

Reading Day #13

 5/1

Study Day #11

 5/2

Workshop #13

 5/3

Study Day #12

 5/4

Open

Evaluation #3 is due
5/7

Reading Day #14

 5/8

Study Day #13

 5/9 5/10

Workshop #14

 5/11

Workshop #14
5/14

Reading Day #15 (last one)

 5/15

Open

 5/16

Workshop #15 (last one)

 5/17

Video #4: 
William Carlos Williams

 5/18

Video cont., summaries are due
5/21

In computer lab

 5/22

In computer lab

 5/23 5/24

Last day submissions will be accepted . No credit after today.

In computer lab

 5/25

Option Day

In computer lab, if there is school
5/28

No School

 5/29

Portfolios due on or before today. No credit after today.

 5/30

Essay for exam is due today.

All 8 classes meet

 5/31

Begin exam presentations.

 6/1

Begin exam presentations.
6/4
Exams		 6/5
Exams		 6/6
Exams
Last Day of School

Have a great summer. Read a poem once in awhile. Enjoy!

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