Efficiency
Plan Supplement:
Efficiency plan: Week-by-week schedule
The time scheduled for the poetry portfolio equates to about 21 days (spread over about 9 weeks) of class time. While this is a substantial amount of time, it is not enough to complete the project without working on it outside of class as well.
The following guidelines include progress points that you should be meeting or exceeding each week that we work on the assignment.
Items marked with a * are graded under the category of “portfolio prep” and will be checked or collected for a grade that week.
YOU CAN WORK AHEAD! If you’ve got the time and the initiative, I strongly encourage you to work ahead! Ask for help.
Week one:
 | Highlight Directions packet * |
| Find 5-8 poems and begin formulate a theme |
| Poetry Quote evaluation packet * |
| “How to read a poem” packet * |
| “Thoughts on Poetry” rough Draft |
Week two:
| finalize theme |
| Find remainder of poems (I recommend finding 1-2 more than you need so you can be choosy) |
| Begin searching for biographies (two sources per each of 5 authors) |
| Poetic elements – sound and structure with original examples* |
Week three:
| Criticism introduction packet due * |
| Continue finding biographies |
| Begin typing source page |
Week Four:
| Finish finding biographies |
| Type up works cited page (biography bibliography) * |
| Type up Source page (poem sources) * |
| Begin typing biographies, with in-text citations |
| Start rough draft of criticism |
| "a student's advice to students" poetry writing advice assignment* |
Week Five:
| Finish writing biographies with in-text citations |
| Rough draft of criticism due * |
| Poetry Writing Packet 1 due* |
| Begin retyping/laying out poems by published authors (without graphics) |
| Search through forms of poetry |
Week six:
| Poetry writing “packet two” due * |
| Finish laying out/typing poems by published authors (with finding graphics) |
| Revise and lay out 5 of your original poems |
Week seven:
| Poetry writing “packet two” due * |
| Type graphics bibliography for works so far |
| Revise and layout 5 remaining original form poems (without graphics) |
| Begin Table of Contents |
| Begin Preface |
FINAL WEEK Week eight:
| Type table of contents * |
| Revise/finalize criticism |
| Find remaining graphics |
| Complete graphics bibliography |
| Create cover page |
| Finalize preface |
| Complete/double check ALL explanations throughout entire portfolio |
| Re-read and revise all sections of your portfolio, including “Thoughts on poetry” |
| Print and hole punch everything, organize |
| Make sure source folder is complete and organized |
| Fill out checklist for back of portfolio |
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If you finish early, have your teacher glance through it to make sure you have everything!
