Lectures and Assignments

The links below will guide you to specific lectures and assignments for this semester  – familiarize yourself with what’s needed. If you have questions, please check the FAQ (frequently asked questions) before e-mailing me. If you don’t find the answer to your question, email (quickest) me or call my office and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Remember though, if you are doing your assignment late the night before it’s due and you call or email me, I might not get your question for 12 to 24 hours. Read and look over the assignments before the due date – not knowing what to do does not excuse a late assignment.

 

Unit 1

Lecture

Poetry: form, punctuation, structure, language

Prose Poem

Unit 2

Lecture

Sense of place, history, landscape

Free Verse Poem

Unit 3

Lecture

Nature: as subject, connecting outside of “self”

Nature Poem

Unit 4

Lecture

Simple language: poems in shape only

Note or List Poem

Unit 5

Lecture

Responding to the creative work of others: paintings, film, artwork

Review of writing outside of “self” and language

Responding to the work of others Poem

Unit 6

Lecture

Writing about family

Review of Memory as subject

Roots Poem

Unit 7

Lecture

Writing about regrets: what if...how to look back.

What If Poem

Unit 8

Lecture

How to write in sections: pulling several smaller poems together

Section Poem

Literary Reports

Directions for assignment

Poet Report

Directions for assignment

Portfolio

Directions for assignment

Daily Free-write        

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