Here is what we are currently focusing on:

Essential Question for this assignment:

Learning Outcomes for this week: Identify and analyze the use of connotation in poetry

Essential Questions for this week: How is meaning created in poetry?

The following things should be completed in the Learning Center this week:

Task/Activity	Supporting Documents	Comments
Journal of Poetic Exploration	Please find the list of poems here	Use the template linked in the assignment
Connotation Analysis - Practice	Please use Still I Rise by Maya Angelou - Found Here	Make sure to have a look at the example at the bottom of the assignment

The following resources/notes will be used during our lesson time together this week:

Day/Lesson

Task/Activity

Assignment

Friday - Lesson A: Introduction - Style and Form

Video Lesson:

Pre-Lesson Activity:

What do you think the poem will be about based on the title? Title - "Still I Rise"
Watch/Read the Poem Still I Rise Here

Choose a poem from the list

Next Week - Lesson C: Work Period/Conferencing

Complete the practice Connotation Analysis using the poem "Still I Rise"
Peer Edit two peers Connotation Analysis Practice
Choose a poem from the list
- Read the Poem
- Use the template for the Journal of Poetic Exploration
- Answer all the questions you can for that poem