Upcoming Due Dates for DE:
March 8
-Song Presentations
-Read:
next to of course god america i (p. 703)
Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter (p. 721)
Birthday Cake (p. 721)
Metaphors (p. 735)
-Write poems on your favorite birthday memory and/or a poem containing metaphors.
March 10
-Read:
Turtles (p. 745)
Richard Cory (p. 754)
Ballad of Birmingham (p. 759)
Recital (p. 774)
The Hippopotamus (p. 780)
We Real Cool (p. 793)
Do not go gentle into that good night (p. 824)
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (p. 838)
-Write poem on Thirteen Ways of Looking at…
-Final Draft of Poem Analysis due to www.turnitin.com by 11:59 pm
-Assign Poetry Alive, which is worth 75 points, and work on it. The following are your directions:
-Pick a poem out of your Elements of Literature or Literature textbook that you (or your group) would like
to perform for the class. The following guidelines will be used to establish the size of the group:
SOLOS: Poem with 10-25 lines
DUETS: Poem with 20-35 lines
GROUPS (no more than 5 members, or it better be pretty darn impressive): 35-100 lines
-The following is what you are responsible for during your POETRY ALIVE! performance:
1.
ARRANGEMENT OF “STAGE AREA”
- set up props, scenery
2.
INTRODUCTION
- announce poem and poet
- give out HANDOUT or make a powerpoint to show to every member of the class
which contains:
1.
Name of poem and poet to be performed
2.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION on poet IN YOUR
OWN WORDS (about a paragraph or two long)
3.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION on the poem (if you
can find it; may not be able to)
4.TWO OR THREE QUESTIONS you will ask the class
AFTER YOUR PERFORMANCE (NOTE: You MAY NOT
use the same exact questions from the book)
3.
PERFORMANCE OF POEM
-Perform the poem--You are bringing your poem ALIVE for the class, not just reciting it. Choose
actions and props that will aid the class in understanding your poem. For example, one group did
a poem on hunting and made props to indicate a forest and wore camouflage. They then acted as
if they were hunting during their performance. Another group did a poem on different types of
seasons and dressed as the seasons. When the word “rain” was mentioned, one person threw
sparkles in the air to indicate the rain. Everyone in the group needs to be in the performance and
have a speaking part.
4.
ASK YOUR QUESTIONS FROM YOUR HANDOUT/POWERPOINT.
March 14
-Turn in notebook
-Read:
Swan and Shadow (p. 843)
Concrete Cat (p. 845)
First Love: A Quiz (p. 847)
Snow White (p. 877)
Cinderella (p. 879)
How Do I Hate You? Let Me Count the Ways (p. 913)
-Write a poem about a fairy tale character, write a poem parody, and/or write a concrete poem.
-Assign and begin work on Short Essay #3: Comparison/Contrast Poem Analysis (500-1000 words)worth 100 points (10 points for R.D.; 15 for peer; 75 for F.D.)
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Rough draft is due March 24 by 11:59 pm to www.turnitin.com;
Peer editing is done in class on April 4 (in Rm. 214 Computer Lab);
Final draft is due April 12 by 11:59 pm to www.turnitin.com
In Chapter 41: Writing About a Poem, p. 1952-1955 are specifically devoted to writing a
comparison/contrast of poems.
You should rely on your own analysis, but if you do use outside sources you must credit them (as a
parenthetical citation in the paper; with a Works Cited entry at the end).
You should include a Works Cited page crediting the poems you referred to in your paper. The Works
Cited entry should be done as thus:
Last name of poet, First name. “Poem Title.” Title of Book. Ed. of Book.
___th ed. Place Published: Publisher, Year Published.
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You may choose any poem in Chapters 13-33 of Literature, the Romantic Age in your Elements of
Literature book or the Victorian Age in your Elements of Literature book to write on (except for Robert
Frost’s Design, Abbie Hustan Evans Wing-Spread, or the poem you analyzed for Short Essay #2)
You may choose one of the following topics to write about:
1. Write a comparison-contrast essay on any two or more poems by a single poet. Look for two
poems that share a characteristic thematic concern.
2. Write an analysis of a certain theme (or other element) that you find in the work of two or more
poets. It is probably that in your conclusion you will want to set the poets’ work side by side,
comparing or contrasting them, and perhaps making some evaluation. (You may find the attached
pages helpful with this assignment, as each poem in the Literature book is arranged by subject and
theme.)
March 16
-Work on Poetry Alive!
March 18
-Present Poetry Alive!
March 22
-Watch Dead Poets Society and do activity on it
March 24
-Turn in R.D. of Comparison/Contrast Poem Analysis by 11:59 pm
-Finish Dead Poets Society and activity
April 4
-Do Peer Editing of R.D. of Comparison/Contrast Poem Analysis by 11:59 pm
-Begin reviewing for Friday’s Poetry Test and/or working on Read like a Rock Star project
April 6
-Read like a Rock Star Project is Due
April 8
-Poetry Unit Test
April 12
-Assign Research Paper for British Literature book, including:
-Turn in Paper Proposal to www.turnitin.com Discussion Board by Friday, April 15th at
11:59 pm (You need to write at least five sentences on what you will be analyzing; you need to
write a one sentence response to one other student’s posting). Worth 15 points.
-Annotated Works Cited—using at least three literary criticisms plus your book—is due
Wednesday, April 20, by 11:59 pm to www.turnitin.com. The only websites you should use to
find literary research are: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sebr13597 (password: sebr_log) or
http://www.ipl.org (Note: If you do have trouble finding sources using these websites please
come speak to me.) You do not need to post your sources on www.diigo.com, but you should
include the URL in your Works Cited entry this time since I cannot do a traditional search to find
your sources when you use these literary research sites. Worth 20 points.
-Rough Draft of Research Paper is due Friday, April 29, by 11:59 pm to www.turnitin.com.
You do not need an outline or title page. You do need citations from your three literary criticisms
(use each criticism at least one time) on your book and from the book itself (use at least three
times). It needs to be 1200-1500 words long. It is worth 50 points.
-Peer Editing of Rough Draft of Research Paper is due May 3 to www.turntin.com by 11:59
pm. (We will not be able to do it in class due to the fact every lab is being used for FAIR testing.)
Worth 15 points.
-Final Draft of Research Paper is due May 17 to www.turnitin.com by 11:59 pm. Must be
1200-1500 words long. Worth 200 points.
-PowerPoint Presentation of Research Paper- May 19. Must be at least 10 slides. Worth 50
points.
Also remember to complete your Reading Logs and Journals!
The rest of the nine weeks will be spent reading dramas, writing and performing short plays, writing a drama
analysis, and writing a literary analysis on your British literature book.