Quick Study with Voki

Comic Strip

Read the comic strip. Go to the link  COMIC STRIP and create your own comic strip about poetry.

GLOG

Interesting Facts about Edgar Allan Poe

Poetry Slam Rubric

Rubric

Mini Quiz

1.  Go to the link  https://b.socrative.com/login/student/and enter the classroom code: WwZgvA9f and click Join Room button.
2.  Next write your name and click on the Done button.
3.  Complete the assignment.

Poetry Word Search

Edgar Allan Poe

Unit Content Survey

Poetry Review

Bio Poem

Poetry Out Loud

Instructions: Watch the video clip and write your reaction to the reading.

Assignment: Poetry Scrapbook

Reminder: Don't forget to pick up the instructions/  rubric for the assignment at the school library. The instructions will be available until Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The due date for this assignment will be  Friday, April 29, 2014.  If you have any doubts regarding the task contact me immediately.

Poetry Writing Assignment 2

Instructions 

 

Once you have accessed the link, you should download the PPT.

Assignment: Poetry Writing 1

Instructions:  You will have the task of creating a Theme Poem using ReadWriteThink template.

• Follow the simple steps to create your theme poem.
• Pick one of the five topics.
• Once you have completed the poem, send it me via email.
• Once I receive your poem, I will post it for a class exhibition on the blog.

Theme Poems

Homework: Songs and Poetic Elements.

You may not be aware how rich in poetic elements are the songs we listen to.

Instructions: Read the definitions and the examples below. Search on the Internet for song lyrics containing .  You should be able to identify two text for each element. Post your answers.


An Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
Example:
                

Oh! Susanna

 

"I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee,
I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see.
It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don't you cry."

                                                                                        Stephen Foster

A Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.

 Grenade
[chorus:]
"I'd catch a grenade for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on a blade for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'd jump in front of a train for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know I'd do anything for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain"
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same"                                          
                                                                                     Bruno Mars

Symbolism is a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain mood or emotion in a work of literature. It is the use of an object, person, situation or word to represent something else, like an idea, in literature.

Skyscraper 


[Chorus:]
'You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper"
                                                                                       Demi Lovato

Imagery

Read the poem "My Papa's Waltz"by Theodore Roethke

• For your notebook:
• Write the rhyme scheme
• Describe the imagery present in the text
• Post on the blog:
• Summarize your interpretation of the poem.
• Make sure to justify your position.
• Provide feedback at least to three of your classmates.

Reading and Analysis

Instructions: 

•  Read the poem "Mother to Son"by Langston Hughes
• In your notebook write the rhyme scheme and identify at least three poetic elements
• Post your interpretation of the poem. Make sure to justify your position.
• Provide feedback to two of your classmates.
• Reply to one of the comments you receive.
• Don't forget that all feedback must be constructive and in no way offensive.

Quiz

Next week you will be taking the first quiz of this unit.  Please post feedback on what you consider your strengths and weaknesses on this unit.

Practice Drill

Look at each picture.  In your notebook, write a sentence using the one of the elements of poetry in the box below. Make sure to state the element. You should use each element only once.

onomatopoeia     simile     metaphor     personification     imagery

 


Example: 

The dogs dressed up in their Halloween costumes and went out Trick or Treating. -Personification

 

 

Elements of Poetry

Poetry PowerPoint from mary spata

Poetry is...

“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”

                                                                                                ― William Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads

Poetry Unit Objectives and Pretest

Upon completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• An understanding of rhyme scheme and meter
• Analyze the various elements of poetry, such as diction, tone, form, genre, imagery, figures of speech, symbolism, theme, etc.
• Identify various types of poetry by the rhyme scheme  
• Understand and appreciate poetry as a literary art form
• Construct a Poetry Scrapbook as a final assignment.

Pre-Test

 

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