What is poetry? Thursday, December 12, 2013 “Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield.” Billy Collins

Schedule D group 1group 2group 3group 4group 5 A Whole Class Lesson B progressionreflectioninquiry /researchpeer shareconference C progressionreflectioninquiry /researchpeer share D conferenceprogressionreflectioninquiry /research E peer shareconferenceprogressionreflection F inquiry /researchpeer shareconferenceprogression

What are we doing?  Progression –  **Clarification will be fielded on Conference days with students.  As a group you will read and complete exercises for phrases and clauses in Writing and Grammar. You will be expected to divide the work load so that all exercises are completed. p.296 Exercise 1  p. 297 Exercise 3  p. 298 Exercises 5 & 6  p. 300 Exercises 7 & 8  p. 301 Exercise 9  p. 302 Exercise 10  p. 304 Exercise 11 & 12

Reflection  Compose two responses (each a 2 paragraph minimum):  Students will compose two responses (each a 2 paragraph minimum):  Evaluate the theme of a poem you liked that you discovered in this unit (either on your own or one assigned as a class or group.) What poetic forms, devices, and/or forms of figurative language are used to deliver this theme creatively? You may use the poetry notes link under poetry from my website to help you.  Summarize a poem that you liked but did not choose to share in your share-a poem project:  Why did you like it? List for or more terms from the poetry notes that were used in constructing this poem for you. Keyword: poemsum

Inquiry/Research  Students will read the poetry of Emily Dickinson (Daybook pages 86, 87, 89, and 91.  One pair from the group will be responsible for completing the exercises accompanying the poem in the Daybook to share on Peer Share Day. Each pair will be responsible for a different “lesson” from the group of Emily Dickenson poems. If you have 4 people, then your group is expected to complete 2 lessons. If you have 6 people, your group is expected to complete three lessons. If there are three students, two lessons. If there are five students, 2 lessons.

Peer Share  The library cart is here and it is full of poetry anthologies. Your goal is to read a minimum of ten poems this class period. Use the poetry log so that you remember them. Since this is a peer share day, you may share or point out cool poems to your group mates.

What are we doing?  Conference – You will share their “best” original poem generated from the Daybook exercises.  You will share your concerns about the poetry unit or problems you may be experiencing with the summative assessments: Share A Poem and Original Poetry Notebook.