Poetry+Unit

Welcome to Poetry! Evernote Link: https://www.evernote.com/pub/iasarudi/poetry#st=p&n=e0cf94fa-b526-4b15-b8ec-e45f37e5bfc0

//__** Here is a great website to check out while we are doing the Poetry Unit. Check it out! **__//[]

__** Digital Poetry Instructions and Rubric: **__

__** Poetry Book sample **__

__** Poetry Glossary - Download and get to know all these terms for the Final **__



[]
 * Poetry Links - Research and read different types/versions of poetry that we are covering in class. Here are some good links that will give you examples: **

[]

[]

[]

Poetry Foundation

Poetry.org

Famous Poets

__ ** Daily Class Lessons ** __

Day 1 Objectives: Explain how poetry plays a role in Language Arts and the expectations of Poetry unit. SWBAT to identify poetry terms. Bell Ringer: What is poetry? If you have a favorite poem, what is it? Explain whether you enjoy poetry or not. Class Activities: Review “What is a poem?” Handout Power Point / Poetry Term Handout What is poetry? What is a poet? Worksheet Homework: None Extra Credit "They're Playing Our Poem" - Chicago Tribune Article Read and write a response to the article if you agree whether or not lyrics to a song are poems. They're Playing Our Song https://www.evernote.com/shard/s179/sh/4c700c50-61d3-4cdd-a5a5-ed24a15005af/84c546c42e23ca745858bd7aba03a59a

Objectives: Gain an understanding of how poetry can be identified in many traditional venues: music/song lyrics. SWBAT to critique a song’s lyrics; translate and interpret a song’s lyrics; write a 2 paragraph response to songs’ messages. Bell Ringer: Are the lyrics to a song poetry? Why/Why not? Class Activities: Review homework / bell ringer Read “That’s Just The Way It Is” (Listen to two versions) Write: How does music impact the message (lyrics) of the song? Write in MEL-Con. Homework:
 * Day 2 **

Objectives: To combat an attitude of “I can’t write” by establishing a working definition of poetry; To encourage experimentation/creativity in writing original poems poem. SWBAT: write two poems using prompts. Bell Ringer: Poetry's Speaker Class Activity: Sense poem Name poem Expansion Exercise
 * Day 3 **

Objectives: To consider a variety of ways to create poetry; To become familiar with assorted verse models. SWBAT to identify poetry terms; write a dream/sense poem. Bell Ringer: Vocabulary Quiz Class Activities: Homework: Write a poem using your bell ringer words. $$ - Extra Credit: **Bring in old magazines from home. 2 magazines = 1 Sarudi Buck. Need them by next Monday!**
 * Day 4 **
 * Write a list of ten of your favorite words. Include words you like because of their meaning and words you like because of their sound.
 * Analyze Poem: Abandoned Farmhouse

Objectives: To consider a variety of ways to create poetry; To become familiar with assorted verse models. SWBAT to identify poetry terms; write a dream/sense poem. Bell Ringer: Write a list of ten of your favorite words. Include words you like because of their meaning and words you like because of their sound. Class Activities: Power Point (8-15) Dream Poem Wish Poem Homework: Write a poem using your bell ringer words.
 * Day 5**

Objectives: To become familiar with various verse models for a Couplet, Triplet and Quatrain poem. SWBAT: experiment with structured patterns by writing poems. Bell Ringer: Write two sentences that rhyme. Class Activities: Power Point / Handout Couplet/Triplet/Quatrain Exercise Homework: Quatrain Worksheet “ Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”
 * Day 6**

Objectives: To become familiar with various verse models for a Cinquain; SWBAT: experiment writing their own Cinquain poem individually and as a group. Bell Ringer: Write a couplet, triplet or quatrain poem about breakfast or lack of breakfast : ( . Class Activities:  Handout  Organizer  Group  Individual  Homework: Finish Cinquain poem Worksheet
 * Day 7**

Objectives: To use metaphors and synonyms in poetry; write a number poem. SWBAT: Work in small groups to write a poem. Bell Ringer: Write about the lunchroom experience using metaphors. Class Activities: Review Bell Ringer Metaphor Worksheet Write a Quatrain using the pictures to help you along Homework: None!
 * Day 8**

Objectives: Analyze two short poems. SWBAT: identify poetic devices in poem, imagery and figurative language. Write about the poem Bell Ringer: Vocabulary Quiz Poetry Bell Ringer: What are some good places to observe people? What do you expect to find in a good poem? Class Activities: Homework: Research the following poems and discuss how they are similar and different to the two poems read in class today. Due on Wednesday.
 * Day 9**
 * Review Quiz
 * Read and analyze poems: “When It Is Snowing” and “Poppies”

“Apple” by Nan Fry “Snow Fence” by Ted Koozer “About an Excavation” by Charles Reznikoff and “Midnight" by David Ignitow “The Moon Was But a Chin of Gold” by Emily Dickinson

SEE FRIDAY's lesson Homework links: [|Apple by Nan Frye] [|Snow Fence by Ted Koozer] [|About An Excavation] [|Midnight by David Ignatow] [|The Moon Was But A Chin Of Gold by Emily Dickinson]
 * Day 10**

Objective: To become familiar with limerick poems. SWBAT: experiment with these structured pattern by writing and creating limericks; write small phrases using similes and metaphors. Bell Ringer: Read poems and write about the literary devices that are present. If you don’t know the name of of the devices, just explain what you notice. Don’t write about the content/context of the poem. Class Activities: Similes and Metaphors Read examples of limericks. Clap it out! Write a limerick and share it with class. Homework: Write two limericks in your own words. Include a picture for each one.
 * Day 11**

Objective: Introduce I Am, Bio, My Name and 2-Voice Poem. SWBAT: create a collection of self reflective poems. Vocabulary Quiz Class Activity Introduce I Am, Bio, My Name and 2-Voice Poem. Discuss the strengths of each and which they would like to expand upon Homework: Write one of the poems and decide which they want to present next Friday
 * Day 12**

media type="youtube" key="8QoqX-ffITQ" height="315" width="420"media type="youtube" key="pn0zAUVkCgE" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="ARfvvwS1nCo" width="560" height="315"