Third Quarter Class Outline

	Dates	Topics	Assignments
Week 1	1/16	Introduction How to read, outline poetry Standards for poetry paragraphs Othello Review	GOP- Introduction & Epiphany Graph, How to Read Poetry and Simile GOP reading- pg. 60 100 reading- pg 1-6 Shakespeare presentation I Poetry paragraph Othello Act IV
Week 2	1/22	Rhyme and Figurative language Shakespeare presentations Shakespeare analysis Othello Review Notebook check	GOP- Rhyme, Using a Rhyming Dictionary and Metaphor GOP reading- pg. 61 100 reading- pg. 7-11 Shakespeare presentation II Poetry paragraph Othello Act V
Week 3	1/30	Meter and humor in poetry Shakespeare presentation and analysis week 2 Final on Othello/poetry review	GOP- Meter (part 1 & 2) and Pun GOP reading- John Rodgers’ Exhortation 100 reading- pg. 12-19 Poetry paragraph
Week 4	2/6	Units in poetry Double meanings Notebook check	GOP- Iamb, Iambic Imitation, Personification GOP reading- 65-68 100 reading- pg. 20-25 Poetry paragraph
Week 5	2/13	Units in poetry week 2 quiz	GOP- Trochee, Trochaic Imitation and Synecdoche GOP reading- 69-71 100 reading- pg. 26-32 Poetry paragraph Begin work on Essay
Week 6	2/20	Units in poetry week 3 Literary terms General review	GOP- Anapest, Anapestic Imitation and Hyperbole GOP reading- 72-73 100 reading- pg. 33-43 Poetry paragraph Finish Essay
Week 7	2/27	Quarter-final Notebook check	GOP- Dactyl, Dactylic Imitation, and Onomatopoeia GOP reading- 76-77 100 reading- pg 44-50 Poetry paragraph
Week 8	3/5	Review Literary techniques	GOP- Alliteration, Alterative Imitation, and Rhetorical Question GOP reading- 78-79 100 reading- pg. 51-57 Poetry paragraph

GOP= The Grammar of Poetry

100 = The 100 Best Poems of All Time