English 102 Third Quarter Assignments
January 5- Go over first semester grades. Go over 102 syllabus for the second semester. Go over senior activities for the
second semester. Begin discussion on "What is Poetry?" Discuss the poem "Catch." Poetry Chapter 1 English 102 Poetry
Chapter 1
January 6- Discuss the poem "The Eagle." Poem will be presented using transparencies to show the different elements of the
poem. Discuss "Winter," and "Dulce Et Decorum Est."
January 7- Discuss "Spring," "The Whipping," "Ballad of Birmingham. “Dudley
January 8- Discuss "The Pasture," "The Secretary's Chant. “Robert
January 11- Discuss "Dog's Death," "Oh, Oh," and "l)a." Begin chapter two. "Reading the poem.” Discuss "The Man He
Killed" and "A Study of Reading Habits." Also discuss steps in reading poetry. Poetry English 102 Poetry Chapter2
January 12- Discuss "Is my team plowing," "There's been a death in the opposite house," "The Mill," and "Mirror." Emily
Dickinson Introduction Sylvia Plath Introduction
January 13- Discuss "Woodchucks," "Titanic," "The Pool Players," "Hazel Tells Laverne," and "Tiburon."
January 14- Poetry chapter three "Denotation and Connotation." Discuss the poems "There is no frigate like a book,"
"Shakespeare's Sonnet 138," "Cross," "El Dorado," "Root Cellar," "Heat," and "London. “Poetry English 102 Poetry Chapter3
January 15- Finish the poems in chapter three. Poetry chapter four "Imagery." "Meeting at Night" and " I felt a funeral in my
brain. “Poetry English 102 Poetry Chapter4
January 18- King Holiday
January 19- Continue chapter four. Discuss the poems "The Forge," "After Apple Picking," "Those Winter Sunday," and
"Calvary Crossing a Ford." Prepare for Poetry Essay I. Walt Whitman Introduction
January 20- Begin Chapter eight "Allusion." Discuss the poems "Out, Out-," Sonnet from Shakespeare's Macbeth, "in just."Poetry Chapter 8 English 102 Poetry Chapter8
January 21- Continue Chapter eight. Discuss the poems "Miniver Cheevy," "Leda and the Swan," "Abraham to kill him-," "A
monkey sprang down from a tree," "Two brothers devised what at sight," "Excellence."
January 22- Poetry Essay I. Essay by example. Students will be given a prompt and poems they can use in writing their essay.
January 25- Continue poetry essay I. Essays will be done MLA style with five paragraphs and eleven sentence body
paragraphs.
January 26- Continue poetry essay I.
January 27- Poetry Essay I is due by the end of the period.
January 28- Begin Chapter five "Similes, Metaphors, and Personification." Discuss the poems "The Hound," "I taste a liquor
never brewed," "Metaphors," and "After minor surgery. “Poetry English 102 Poetry Chapter5
January 29- Continue chapter five. Discuss "A Dream Deferred," "You Fit Into Me," "The Author to Her Book," Pragmatist,"
and "To a Wasp."
February 1 - Begin Chapter six "Symbol and Allegory." Discuss the poems "The Road Not Taken," "Noiseless Patient
Spider," "Digging," and "Fire and Ice. "Poetry Chapter 6 English 102 Poetry Chapter6
February 2 - Essay one-on-one. Go over poetry essay by example.
February 3 - Continue chapter six. Discuss the poems "Curiosity," "Marks," "Acquainted with the Night," "Richard Cory,"
"AD," and "next to of course god America i."
February 4- Finish the poems in chapter six. Begin Chapter seven "Paradox, Overstatement, Understatement, Irony." Discuss
the poems "Much madness is divinest sense," and "The Chimney Sweeper. “Poetry English 102 Poetry Chapter 7
February 5- Continue chapter seven. Discuss the poems "Ozymandias," "Southern Cop," and "A Man Said to the Universe."
February8- Continue chapter seven. Discuss the poems "Ozymandias," "Southern Cop," and "A Man Said to the Universe."
February 9- Continue chapter seven. Discuss "Traveling Through the Dark," "The Groundhog," and "A Bird came down the
Walk." Review for in-class essay.
February 10- Begin poems in chapter nine "Meaning and Tone." Discuss the poems "Little Jack Horner," "Loveliest of trees,
the cherry now..." "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Design. “Essay one-on-one. Meeting individually with the
students to discuss Poetry Essay II. Poetry Chapter 9 English 102 Poetry Chapter9
February 11- Continue Chapter Nine. Discuss the poems "To the Mercy Killers," "How Annandale Went Out," "Do Not Go
Gentle Into That Good Night," Mid-term Break," and "Barbara Allan."
February 12- President’s Day I.
February 15- President’s Day II.
February 16- Finish the poems in Chapter Nine. Begin Chapter Ten "Tone." Discuss the poems "Apparently with no
Surprise," "For a Lamb," "The Oxen." "Church Going. “Poetry English 102 Poetry Chapter10
February 17- Continue chapter ten. Discuss the poems "Lord Randall," "The Bean Eaters," "Ballad of the Landlord,"
"Paradoxes and Oxymoron." Give review handout for poetry test. Students will learn which poem will be a part of their
quarter test.
February 18- Begin Poetry Essay II. Students will use the same format as they have used throughout the year with their MLA
style essay. This essay will be a comparison and contrast essay
February 19- Continue Poetry Essay II. Comparison and Contrast Essay.
February 22- Continue Poetry Essay II. Comparison and Contrast Essay.
February 23- Poetry Essay II is due by the end of the class. Students' format will be a five paragraph MLA style essay.
February 24- Selected Letters by John Adams John Adams Prayers at the Congress.docx John Adams Letter to Abagail on
Ben Franklin.docx John Adams Letter to Abagail July 3, 1776.docx John Adams Letter to Abagail July 3, 1776 Second
Letter.docx
February 25- The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence.docx
February 26- “The Federalists No.1” by Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton Federalist No. 1.docx
February 29 “A House Divided” by Abraham Lincoln and “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
House Divided.docx Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address.docx
March 1 - Begin Non-fiction essay. Students will write a five paragraph MLA style essay using the same format that has been
used throughout the course of the year.
March 2 - Continue Poetry Essay III. Students will continue their in-class essay.
March 3 - Poetry Essay III is due by the end of class.
March 4- Review for Multiple choice test on the poems covered in the third quarter.
March 7- Assign poetry research paper. Students will write a five paragraph MLA style critical analysis of a poem. Students
will have a minimum of six sources for their paper. The paper will consist of a title page, outline, essay, and works cited
page. Essay will be due on Thursday, April 28. Continue review for multiple choice test.
March 8- Multiple Choice Test. Students will have a fifty-two question test covering a portion of the poems discussed during
the third quarter.
March 9- Essay one-on-one. Go over multiple choice test. Go over grades for quarter three.
March 10- English Word Search
March 11- Professional Development Day. No School for Students.