- Students will have a well-rounded understanding of poetry as a whole and feel confident to read and comprehend it

- Students will learn how to differentiate four kinds of figurative language (metaphor, simile, symbol and hyperbole), the basic elements of poetry form (stanzas and lines), and practice skills necessary to both analysis and life in general (humility, patience, confidence, seeking understanding, self-reflection, challenging oneself)

- Students will use the class text (How Happy is the Little Stone by Emily Dickinson) to learn about the stressed, unstressed, and secondary stresses within words and how to identify them.  They will also learn about the four metrical feet of poetry (iamb, trochee, dactyl, and anapest) and how to identify them within poems. 

- Students will use the class text (Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare) to learn about the key elements of a sonnet including lines, rhyme-scheme, syllables, and meter.  They will also be challenged to comprehend a beginners understanding of the central-text itself.

- Students will use limericks to learn about their key elements and structure including tone, lines, rhyme-scheme, and meter.  

Bachelor's degree from Grace University 
Certification to Teach Secondary Students from the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Endorsement in English/Language Arts from the University of Nebraska at Omaha
ACE Educator
Over 10 years of experience in various educational positions

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    - Practice Poems with open-ended questions (aka homework) will be assigned each week
    - An open-note multiple-choice and short-answer quiz
授業以外に週あたり 1 - 2 時間の学習が期待されます
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🐦 GRADING 🐦
Students will receive a percentage (0-100) for the activities each week, and then an overall percentage (0-100) at the completion of the course.  Percentage will show their accuracy in answering questions with the correct answers.  
A letter-grade does not get applied (feel free to look up your local school district's grading scale if you wish to know a letter-grade)
     - Lesson participation = 10% of final grade
     - Weekly quizzes = 35% of final grade
     - Practice Poems = 35% of final grade
     - Final quiz = 20% of final grade
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