Transcript SWBAT discuss what poetry is to them, and what is often

DO NOW – JOURNAL FOR TWENTY MINUTES
I will hand you back your “creative me” writing pieces.
Let us begin a Journal entry. You may either write about
anything on your mind, an experience, what you like,
what upsets you, what you’re looking forward to, etc…
OR YOU CAN USE THE PROMPT: Let me tell you how my
school year is going….
I will play music while you write.
REMINDER
Your first FIVE JOURNAL ENTRIES ARE DUE
ON TUESADAY FEB. 24TH. It is 10 pages
total. (Front and back).
Each Journal entry should be 2 pages long
(front and back)
WHAT IS POETRY??
POETRY IS….
Lines, rhythm/music, feeling/emotion, imagery,
sensory detail, hyperbole, personification,
stanzas, onomatopoeia, rhyme: internal and
external, inflection, assonance, simile,
metaphor, alliteration (big black bug bled
black blood)
Poetry is one of three types of literature, the
others being prose and drama. Most poems
make use of highly concise, musical, and
emotionally charged language. Many also use
imagery, figurative language, and special
devices of sounds such as rhyme.
WHAT IS POETRY
http://www.shmoop.com/vi
deo/what-is-poetry
Thoughts?
WHAT IS POETRY?
So what’s poetry? (Read Neruda’s
“Poetry”)
1. Circle your favorite lines and prepare to
share why (write notes on the margins)
2. Underline poetic devices that are used.
3. Answer the question sheet.
RETURN TO THE PABLO NERUDA
Please get out your homework.
What other things did you discover in
the poem?
Reminder: Journals are due Tuesday
Feb 24th.
“SUMMERS” BY WALTER DEAN MEYERS
Summer
I like hot days, hot days
Sweat is what you got
days
Bugs buzzin from cousin
to cousin
Juices dripping
Running and ripping
Catch the one you love
days
Birds peeping
Old men sleeping
Lazy days, daisies lay
Beaming and dreaming
Of hot days, hot days,
Sweat is what you got
days.
DESCRIBE YOUR FAVORITE SEASON OR HOLIDAY
Describe your favorite season using
vivid images and detail.
You can include an experience in this
favorite season that you’ll never
forget.
This can be written in free verse, but
use descriptive language!
CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK
In groups of threes face your colleagues in a circle and hand
your poem to the person on your left.
Begin reading your colleague’s essay and check for the
following:
Spelling
Grammar
Diction
Content
Poetic devices (example: Sensory detail, rhyme, repetition)
Write a short paragraph of constructive feed-back on the
bottom or back of your colleague’s page
(strengths/weaknesses, your favorite parts of the essay,
etc.). remember, BE CONSTRUCTIVE, NOT DESTRUCTIVE!
Write your name alongside your feedback
ANALYZE
Analyze the poem for
various literary devices.