Week 12: What to Expect

Mon. May. 6th:
* Class deconstruct "On Death Without Exaggeration" by Wylsawa Symborska (use these helpful links, including from Nobel Prize)
* Groups dissect death poems
* Present/teach the class tomorrow

Tues. May. 7th:

* Practice poetry quiz: Review and master all poetic devices

* Groups complete death dissection: Teach the class

* "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night" by Dylan Thomas

* "I Feel the Dead" by Sophia de Mello Breyner

* "Wanting to Die" by Anne Sexton

* "Aubade" by Phillip Larkin

* "Midnight Skaters" by Edmund Blunden

Wed. May. 8th:

* Continued death poetry presentations. Which do you agree with?

* Poetic Devices Practice quiz: Terms test tomorrow

* Poetry Synthesis Task introduced

Homework: Study and select poems and begin synthesis outline

Thurs. May. 9th:

* Terms Test

* Complete outline

* In-class synthesis tomorrow

Fri. May. 10th:

* In-class Poetry Synthesis Final Evaluation.