Explore the World of Poetry: A Semester-Long Course for Middle School Students Join our engaging semester-long course focused on the greats of English and American poetry! We also study some Italian and Japanese poets as well. Students will learn about influential poets, explore poetic devices, and read and write poetry together. Featured Poets: William Wordsworth Carl Sandburg E.E. Cummings Matsuo Basho William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe Dylan Thomas Geoffrey Chaucer Robert Browning Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lewis Carroll Poetic Topics Covered: Rhyme Scheme Couplet, Triplet, Quatrain, Quintain, Cinquain Free Verse Haiku Sonnets Villanelle Medieval Poetry Ballads Odes and Pastoral Poetry Narrative Verse Nonsense Verse This course is the perfect introduction to poetry for middle school and junior high students. Through engaging lectures using Google Slides, group readings, and hands-on writing activities, students will explore the lives of poets and enhance their understanding of poetic forms in an age-appropriate way. Sign up today and ignite your passion for poetry! Students will have assignments and projects to work on outside of classroom hours. The weekly assignment always consists of writing a poem in the style of the week (haiku, narrative poem, etc...). Occasionally there are other small assignments as well. Reviews of this course from parents: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was a great class and the teacher is very professional and knowledgeable! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My daughter looked forward to this class every week! I appreciated the depth of study and the weekly assignments that got my daughter excited about exploring different types of poetry. The teacher was very knowledgeable and always encouraging and responsive. Highly recommend! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent class! My reluctant reading learner came back to me telling me all about poetry! Thanks! A+! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My daughter enjoyed this class. She could not stop talking about what she learned. She would like to take more classes with this teacher in the future. The teacher was wonderful.