Third Quarter Course Outline

	Dates	Topics	Assignments
Week 1	1/16	Introduction How to read, outline poetry Standards for poetry paragraphs	GOP- Introduction & Epiphany Graph, How to Read Poetry and Simile 100 reading- pg 1-6 Poetry paragraph Romeo and Juliet- Prologue-Act 1 Scene 3
Week 2	1/22	Rhyme and Figurative language Shakespeare analysis Notebook check	GOP- Rhyme, Using a Rhyming Dictionary and Metaphor 100 reading- pg. 7-11 Poetry paragraph Romeo and Juliet- Act 1 Scene 4- Act 2 Scene 2
Week 3	1/30	Meter and humor in poetry poetry quiz	GOP- Meter (part 1 & 2) and Pun 100 reading- pg. 12-19 Poetry paragraph Romeo and Juliet- Act 2 Scene 3- Scene 6
Week 4	2/6	Units in poetry Double meanings Notebook check	GOP- Iamb, Iambic Imitation, Personification 100 reading- pg. 20-25 Poetry paragraph Romeo and Juliet- Act 3
Week 5	2/13	Units in poetry week 2 quiz	GOP- Trochee, Trochaic Imitation and Synecdoche 100 reading- pg. 26-32 Poetry paragraph Begin work on Essay Romeo and Juliet- Act 4
Week 6	2/20	Units in poetry week 3 Literary terms General review	GOP- Anapest, Anapestic Imitation and Hyperbole 100 reading- pg. 33-43 Poetry paragraph Finish Essay Romeo and Juliet- Act 5
Week 7	2/27	Quarter-final Notebook check	GOP- Dactyl, Dactylic Imitation, and Onomatopoeia 100 reading- pg 44-50 Poetry paragraph
Week 8	3/5	Review Literary techniques	GOP- Alliteration, Alterative Imitation, and Rhetorical Question 100 reading- pg. 51-57 Poetry paragraph

GOP= The Grammar of Poetry

100 = The 100 Best Poems of All Time