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Timeline of Events and Assignments

Day 1: Class: Overview of Poetry Homework: Find a poem you like and write a short paragraph about why you like it

Day 2: Class: In pairs, familiarize yourself with different poetry types and poets. Homework: With your partner, identify three possible poets you would like to study.

Day 3: Class: Research your assigned poet and find five poems by him or her. Homework: Each student finds 5 poems by their assigned poet and analyzes two of them using the poetry analysis sheet as a guide.

Day 4: Class: Research your poet, create a bibliography of sources used to find poems and information about your poet and begin working on your own poet. Homework: Finish your research, poems and biography paragraphs. In addition, write a paragraph explaining the connection between your poems and the poetry of your poet.

Day 5: Class: Peer editing and identifying tags Homework: Finish final drafts of original poems and paragraphs to be uploaded onto the wiki

Day 6: Class: Upload poetry and analysis onto wiki Homework: Go to wiki, read three other pairs' work and comment.