Poetry Corner

Required Materials:
Books and supplies are not included in the purchase of the course.

• Two writing notebooks: writing journal and commonplace book
• Poems and materials from selected resources will be shared by instructor.
• No textbooks need to be purchased for this course.

OPTIONAL RESOURCES (to be used by instructor):

• The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry by Jay Parini
• The Art of Poetry by Christine Perrin
• 30 Poems to Memorize by David Kern
• The Poetry Dictionary by John Drury
• Poet’s Choice by Edward Hirsch
• A Treasury of Poetry for Young People by Frances Bolin et al.

Quarter 1

Poetry topics:_ _images, metaphor, simile, figurative language, symbols, and personification; nature, animal, and object poems; ekphrastic poetry; free-writing

**_Virtues: _**Faith, hope, kindness, and patience

Selected_ **poems by: **_Maya Angelou, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, George Herbert, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Langston Hughes, John Keats, Rainer Maria Rilke, Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, William Butler Yeats 

**_Supplemental activities: _**Write ekphrastic, art-inspired poetry; free-write about an image from one of the four seasons, play an association game, make metaphors, write an animal or object poem, draw your own “house of poetry” in light of Emily Dickinson’s I dwell in Possibility poem, memorize a poem with hand motions

Quarter 2

Poetry topics:_ _Biblical verse, carols, hymns, psalms, songs, refrains, words, shape, calligram, acrostic poem, chance poem, memorization

**_Virtues: _**Charity, gratefulness, humility, and joy

Selected poems by:_ _Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Bunyan, E. E. Cummings, John Donne, Robert Frost, George Herbert, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edna St. Vincent Millay, John Milton, Clement Clark Moore, Christina Rossetti, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Carlos Williams, William Butler Yeats

**_Supplemental activities: _**Write your own poem about being grateful, write your own Christmas carol with a refrain, set your own poem to music, write a Christmas calligram or acrostic poem, make a calligram in light of George Herbert’s _Easter Wings _poem, memorize and share your favorite hymn or Nativity poem

Quarter 3

Poetry topics:_ _sound, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm, syllables, meter, couplet, scansion, tone, lyric poem, sprung poem, catalexis, echo verse, limerick, riddle, nursery rhyme, didactic poem

**_Virtues: _**Courage, peace, justice, and temperance

**_Selected poems by: _**William Blake, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Jane Brontë, Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, George Herbert, Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Keats, Rudyard Kipling, Henry Vaughan, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walt Whitman 

**_Supplemental activities: _**Play a rhyming game as a class, write a poem in which you play with sound, figure out the syllabic emphasis for each classmate’s name, think about the sounds of your favorite words, convert an open verse poem into one of the meters studied, make an echo verse in light of Herbert’s Heaven poem, memorize one of this quarter’s poems

Quarter 4

Poetry topics:_ _Shape, stanza, form, sonnet, villanelle, sestina, ballad, blank verse, open verse, ode, tanka, renga, haiku, found poem, letter poem, list poem, pastoral poem, response poem, narrative poem

**_Virtues: _**Faith, fortitude, and perseverance

_Selected poems by: Elizabeth Bishop, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Hilda Doolittle, Robert Frost, Gerard Manley Hopkins, A. E. Housman, Langston Hughes, John Keats, John Milton, Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, William Butler Yeats _

**_Supplemental activities: _**Play with line placement; write a poem of progression with stanzas; write a villanelle, sestina, sonnet, or ballad; discuss how certain poems can have different tones; play “tone of voice” exercises to see how powerful tone is; write a haiku, renga, or tanka; create a calligram; write an acrostic poem; memorize one of this quarter’s poems

Computer: You will need a stable, reliable computer, running with a processor with a speed of 1 GHz or better on one of the following operating systems: Mac OS X with Mac OS 10.7 or later; Windows 8, 7, Vista (with SP1 or later), or XP (with SP3 or later). We do not recommend using an iPad or other tablet for joining classes. An inexpensive laptop or netbook would be much better solutions, as they enable you to plug an Ethernet cable directly into your computer. Please note that Chromebooks are allowed but not preferred, as they do not support certain features of the Zoom video conference software such as breakout sessions and annotation, which may be used by our teachers for class activities.

High-Speed Internet Connection: You will also need access to high-speed Internet, preferably accessible via Ethernet cable right into your computer. Using Wi-Fi may work, but will not guarantee you the optimal use of your bandwidth. The faster your Internet, the better. We recommend using a connection with a download/upload speed of 5/1 Mbps or better. You can test your Internet connection here.

Webcam: You may use an external webcam or one that is built in to the computer. Webcam Recommendations: Good (PC only) | Best (Mac and PC)

Headset: We recommend using a headset rather than a built-in microphone and speakers. Using a headset reduces the level of background noise heard by the entire class. Headset Recommendations: USB | 3.5mm

Zoom: We use a web conferencing software called Zoom for our classes, which enables students and teachers to gather from around the globe face to face in real time. Zoom is free to download and easy to use. To download Zoom:

1. Visit zoom.us/download.
2. Click to download the first option listed, Zoom Client for Meetings.
3. Open and run the installer on your computer.
4. In August, students will be provided with instructions and a link for joining their particular class.

Scanner: In this class, students frequently submit homework assignments by scanning pages from their workbooks. Students and/or their parents should have easy access to a scanner and the ability to use it.