The New England Poets
Tuesday 2/13: Begin New England Poets Presentation preparation. Click here for the Presentation Handout. At the end of the presentations, you are going to take an open-note test on the presentations; if you miss a presentation, you need to get notes from someone who saw it, read the bio in the book and the wikipedia page, and study the poem presented on your own.
Wednesday: prepared for presentations. GFTD: complete bio and explication.
Thursday. continued prep for presentation.
Tuesday, 2/20: complete preparation for presentations.
Wednesday: begin presentations.
Thursday: Continue presentations.
Friday: Complete presentations. Open note test on unit for extra credit; there is no makeup.
Monday, 2/26: Choose best poem and grade.
Tuesday: Begin watching Mark Twain film.
Students take 20 Cornell Notes. The assignment is on schoology.
Wednesday: Discuss New England Poets Unit then switch unit.
NOTHING BELOW THIS LINE IS OFFICIAL!
Tuesday: Switch to next unit.
Tuesday: 2nd and 5th hour only: Open-note test on Fireside Poets Presentations--the makeup is 3 formal, expository paragraphs answering the following questions: which poem was the best? which poet was best? and what did you learn during this unit? 4th: complete presentations.
Friday: begin new unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jCw8ydqkrg
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47660/a-supermarket-in-california . Work on films.
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