Reminder #1: You should have your "Three Found Poems" written in your LRJ by the beginning of class. We'll be going over some of them, which should be thoroughly entertaining, I'm sure.
Reminder #2: You will be writing down the two poems you would like to use for your poetry project, along with two backup poems, at the beginning of class.
Next, you should download the Poetry Explication Project assignment packet:
DOWNLOAD: Poetry Memorization & Explication Assignment packet (PDF)
includes:
- How Do I Choose My Poems?
- Explication Responses Assignment
- Explication Essay Assignment
- Poetry Recitation Criteria & Tips
- Rubric for Poetry Recitation Presentation
- Sample Poetry Explication
- Sample Explication Essay
Denotation & Connotation eWorksheet
Please download the following worksheet. We will be working on this in class.
DOWNLOAD: Denotation & Connotation worksheet (DOCX)
For Wednesday / Thursday
Quiz next class will be over Chapters 3-5.
LRJ#2 due: E-A-T Lipograms
B1 Poem Assignments
Group A: January 23
Alec Bayliff: "Dirge in Woods" by G. Meredith / "Fortuna" by T. Carlyle
Thomas Gray: "Grief" by E. Barrett Browning / "The Time I've Lost..." by T. Moore
Nash Hill: "Break, Break, Break" by Tennyson / "I Wandered Lonely..." by Wordsworth
Jack Allbright: "Love's Infiniteness" by John Donne / "Bright Star" by J. Keats
Evan Cusmano: "Hymn to God the Father" by J. Donne / "Light Shining..." by Cowper
Group B: January 27
Alec Toelke: "The Tyger" by William Blake / "Invictus" by W. E. Henley
Connor McNamara: "Ode" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy / "Crossing the Bar" by Tennyson
Jonathan Orkwis: "Coda" by Basil Bunting / "Tamer and Hawk" by Thom Gunn
Shane Poch: "Charge of the Light Brigade" / "Find No Peace" by Thomas Wyatt
Brad Buller: "Ode on Solitude" by Alexander Pope / "Entirely" by L. MacNeice
Billy Gorcznski: "No Coward Soul..." by E. Bronte / "Dreamers" by Siegfried Sassoon
Justin Balogh: "The Listeners" by W. De La Mare / "Ozymandias"
Nick Heuker: "To An Athlete Dying Young" / "I Find No Peace" by T. Wyatt
Jack Quehl: "Mad Song" by William Blake / "The Doubt of Future Foes" by Queen Eliz I
Chris Stock: "A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky" by L. Carroll / "April Midnight"
A4 POEM ASSIGNMENTS
Group A: January 26
Joe Cordier: "Break of Day..." by I. Rosenberg / "A Hymn to God the Father" by Donne
Dan Nymberg: "Coda" by Basil Bunting / "I Wandered Lonely..." by Wordsworth
Sam Hansen: "Invictus" by W. E. Henley / "The Tyger" by W. Blake
Augie Painter: "The Last Laugh" by W. Owen / "...the Light Brigade" by Tennyson
Justin Scales: "Loveliest of Trees" by A. E. Houseman / "Revenge" by L.E. London
Jonathan Gill: "Blow, Blow..." by W. Shakespeare / "Entirely" by L. MacNeice
Jack Buehler: "The Passionate Shepherd" by Marlowe / "Break of Day" by J. Donne
Nick Schaffer: "Sennacherib" by Byron / "La Figlia che Piange" by Eliot
Group B: January 28
Jason Bruggemann: "Lines Written..." by W.Wordsworth / "A Poison Tree" by Blake
Tyler Burandt: "Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky" by L. Carroll / "Light Shining..." by Cowper
Bobby Tull: "Ode" by A. O'Shaughnessey / "Mad Song" by W. Blake
Tommy Farrell: "A History Without Suffering" by E.A. Narkham / "Meeting at Night"
Will Gilliland: "Love and Friendship" by e. Bronte / "The Time I've Lost..." by T. Moore
Pat Mullinger: "The Man He Killed" by T. Hardy / "Love" by G. Herbert
Sam Frohman: "Lines" / "Prelude to Space"
Isaac Andrews: "The Pilgrim" by J. Bunyan / "The Spring" by T. Carew
Joey Burns: "Silence" by T. Hood / "Crossing the Bar" by Tennyson
Ali Fazlani: "Often Rebuked..." by E. Bronte / "Hap" by T. Hardy
Reminder #2: You will be writing down the two poems you would like to use for your poetry project, along with two backup poems, at the beginning of class.
Next, you should download the Poetry Explication Project assignment packet:
DOWNLOAD: Poetry Memorization & Explication Assignment packet (PDF)
includes:
- How Do I Choose My Poems?
- Explication Responses Assignment
- Explication Essay Assignment
- Poetry Recitation Criteria & Tips
- Rubric for Poetry Recitation Presentation
- Sample Poetry Explication
- Sample Explication Essay
Denotation & Connotation eWorksheet
Please download the following worksheet. We will be working on this in class.
DOWNLOAD: Denotation & Connotation worksheet (DOCX)
For Wednesday / Thursday
Quiz next class will be over Chapters 3-5.
LRJ#2 due: E-A-T Lipograms
B1 Poem Assignments
Group A: January 23
Alec Bayliff: "Dirge in Woods" by G. Meredith / "Fortuna" by T. Carlyle
Thomas Gray: "Grief" by E. Barrett Browning / "The Time I've Lost..." by T. Moore
Nash Hill: "Break, Break, Break" by Tennyson / "I Wandered Lonely..." by Wordsworth
Jack Allbright: "Love's Infiniteness" by John Donne / "Bright Star" by J. Keats
Evan Cusmano: "Hymn to God the Father" by J. Donne / "Light Shining..." by Cowper
Group B: January 27
Alec Toelke: "The Tyger" by William Blake / "Invictus" by W. E. Henley
Connor McNamara: "Ode" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy / "Crossing the Bar" by Tennyson
Jonathan Orkwis: "Coda" by Basil Bunting / "Tamer and Hawk" by Thom Gunn
Shane Poch: "Charge of the Light Brigade" / "Find No Peace" by Thomas Wyatt
Brad Buller: "Ode on Solitude" by Alexander Pope / "Entirely" by L. MacNeice
Billy Gorcznski: "No Coward Soul..." by E. Bronte / "Dreamers" by Siegfried Sassoon
Justin Balogh: "The Listeners" by W. De La Mare / "Ozymandias"
Nick Heuker: "To An Athlete Dying Young" / "I Find No Peace" by T. Wyatt
Jack Quehl: "Mad Song" by William Blake / "The Doubt of Future Foes" by Queen Eliz I
Chris Stock: "A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky" by L. Carroll / "April Midnight"
A4 POEM ASSIGNMENTS
Group A: January 26
Joe Cordier: "Break of Day..." by I. Rosenberg / "A Hymn to God the Father" by Donne
Dan Nymberg: "Coda" by Basil Bunting / "I Wandered Lonely..." by Wordsworth
Sam Hansen: "Invictus" by W. E. Henley / "The Tyger" by W. Blake
Augie Painter: "The Last Laugh" by W. Owen / "...the Light Brigade" by Tennyson
Justin Scales: "Loveliest of Trees" by A. E. Houseman / "Revenge" by L.E. London
Jonathan Gill: "Blow, Blow..." by W. Shakespeare / "Entirely" by L. MacNeice
Jack Buehler: "The Passionate Shepherd" by Marlowe / "Break of Day" by J. Donne
Nick Schaffer: "Sennacherib" by Byron / "La Figlia che Piange" by Eliot
Group B: January 28
Jason Bruggemann: "Lines Written..." by W.Wordsworth / "A Poison Tree" by Blake
Tyler Burandt: "Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky" by L. Carroll / "Light Shining..." by Cowper
Bobby Tull: "Ode" by A. O'Shaughnessey / "Mad Song" by W. Blake
Tommy Farrell: "A History Without Suffering" by E.A. Narkham / "Meeting at Night"
Will Gilliland: "Love and Friendship" by e. Bronte / "The Time I've Lost..." by T. Moore
Pat Mullinger: "The Man He Killed" by T. Hardy / "Love" by G. Herbert
Sam Frohman: "Lines" / "Prelude to Space"
Isaac Andrews: "The Pilgrim" by J. Bunyan / "The Spring" by T. Carew
Joey Burns: "Silence" by T. Hood / "Crossing the Bar" by Tennyson
Ali Fazlani: "Often Rebuked..." by E. Bronte / "Hap" by T. Hardy
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