Poetry Professor Handouts

We are now embarking on an excellent adventure. Over the next month YOU will take over teaching duties. You will put on the professorial vest and guide us through a poem.

Here are the handouts:

Assignment Sheet
Guideline Questions

Specific Assignment Sheet
Copy of Billy Collins' "Schoolsville"

Sample Poetry Journal Entry

"Schoolsville" - broken down by structure, annotated.










Finally, here is a copy of the "Schoolsville" explication paper I wrote last year.