4/19/16 – Quick Write

1. 4/19/16 – Quick Write • Choose one of the quotes about poetry on the “Observations About Poetry Sheet” and write a three sentence response. • What is the speaker saying about poetry? Do you agree or disagree? Can you relate? Can you think of any other art form or aspect of life to which the quote could also apply?

2. Strategies for Reading Poetry • Use your senses • Paraphrase • Draw inferences about the speaker • Read in sentences

3. Stanza • A stanza is a set of connected lines of a poem, usually no longer than twelve lines. Branches bare pierce chilling air,Whip-like in their arching state.Clothing lost in morning frostLeave more than half a seasons wait • A poem is made up of multiple stanzas that are spaced apart.

4. Rhyme Scheme • The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem Grounded linger each lost finger(a) Pointing at a fallen friend (b)Curling, cold, dew drops they hold (c)All cuddled close for certain end (b) • In this poem, the rhyme scheme is abcb.

5. “My Papa’s Waltz” • Read the poem • Circle the stanzas • Identify the rhyme scheme • Answer the response question • When analyzing the poem, which strategies did you use?

6. HOMEWORK • Submit your memoir final draft to Turnitin.com by 11:59 pm tonight • Bring in a hard copy of the lyrics of your favorite (or one of your favorite) song • Periods 4 & 6: Wordly Wise Lesson 1

7. 4/22/16 • Please have your song lyrics out to be stamped. • If you didn’t bring them in, try to pull them up on your cell phone.

8. Poetry in Lyrics • Divide the lyrics into stanzas (if they aren’t already) • Identify the rhyme scheme • Circle the stanza with the most powerful lyrics. • Why are the lyrics so powerful to you? How do they make you feel? Write a one sentence response next to the stanza.

9. Stress • Darth Vader decided to crush the rebel soldier. • Luke Skywalker will rebel against his father’s wishes. • Even though the word “rebel” is spelled the same, it is pronounced differently due to the stress placed on the syllables. • In the first sentence, the “re” is stressed while the “bel” is unstressed. • In the second sentence, the “bel” is stressed while the “re” is unstressed.

10. Marking Stress • / / U U / U U / U / U / U • Darth Vader decided to crush the rebel soldier. • Use a / symbol to mark the syllables that are stressed. • Use a U symbol to mark the syllables that are unstressed. • Choose one stanza of your song lyrics and identify the stressed and unstressed syllables.

11. Meter • Meter is a recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a poem. • / / U U / U U / U / U / U • Darth Vader decided to crush the rebel soldier. • Is there a recurring pattern in the above line? • Now check your lyrics for a recurring pattern. • If there isn’t one, then there is no meter.

12. Meter • U / U / U / U / U / • Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? • U / U / U / U / U / • Thou art more lovely and more temperate. • Do these lines exhibit a meter? If so, what is it?

13. Iambic Pentameter • Iambic pentameter is a style of meter most associated with William Shakespeare, both within his plays and in his sonnets. • An iamb is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. • Pent means “five,” so therefore one line of iambic pentameter consists of five iambs, or five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables.

14. Sonnet 18 • Read “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare and identify the meter and the rhyme scheme.

15. Shakespearean Sonnet • Consists of three quatrains (a four-line stanza) of alternating rhyme scheme (each stanza has a different scheme) and one couplet (a stanza with two rhyming lines written in meter). • Written in praise of someone or something. • Who or what do you think Shakespeare is praising? • In your groups, paraphrase the poem line-by-line.

16. Writing in Iambic Pentameter • Follow the instructions on the back side of “Sonnet 18” and try to write your own quatrain of iambic pentameter. • If you want to challenge yourself, give it a rhyme scheme of abab. • Then try to write another quatrain in iambic pentameter without using the template. • If you want to challenge yourself, make it part of a sonnet by giving it a rhyme scheme of abab and have it praise someone or something.

17. 4/26/16 • Personification: a figure of speech where human qualities are given to objects, animals, or ideas (anything non-human, really). • Read the poem “July Storm” by Elizabeth Coatsworth and identify & underline any example of personification that you see.

18. “July Storm” Response • What effect does the personification have on the poem and your reading of and reaction to it? • Would the poem be as good without it? Why or why not? • Write three sentences that answer both these questions.

19. Personification Stanza • Write a four-line stanza that exemplifies personification. • Give a title to your stanza that names the object of your personification (anything not human!) • The stanza must have a rhyme scheme.

20. Personification Stanza Share-out • Each member of your table group must share his or her personification stanza. • After you have all shared with each other, choose one stanza to be read aloud to the class. • The author may choose to have a tablemate read it.

21. Imagery • Imagery is the use of words to cause the reader to form a picture in his or her head. We stood beneath the melon sky, Ankle-deep in mustard flower. Aphids marched right up your thigh As I got lost inside the hour. • What do you see when you read this stanza?

22. Poetry Gallery Walk • Walk around the room and read each poem. • Once you have read all eight poems, write your name on one of the numbered lines (there must be an available line! If it’s full, pick another poem!)

23. Imagery Poster • Select the line(s) from your poem that creates the most powerful images. • On the poster paper, write the lines and draw the image that it creates. • Be ready to share with the class.

24. 4/27/16 • Sit with your poetry groups from yesterday. • You will have the first portion of class to finish creating your poster. • If you finish, rehearse how you will present the poster (who will read the entire poem? Who will discuss the prominent lines and the image(s) on the poster?)

25. Presentations • Introduce the name of the poem and the poet. • Read the entire poem. • Give a brief analysis of what you think the poem means. • Hold your poster up while someone reads the prominent lines and explains the image(s).

26. Homework • Find another poem by the poet that your group read. • If you don’t really like the poet you chose, find a poem you love! • Hand write it on a piece of paper. • DUE FRIDAY!!!!

27. 4/29/16 • Please have your poem out to be stamped. • If you don’t have one, use your phone to find one and hand write it on a piece of paper.

28. Poem Analysis • 1. How is it structured? • 2. What is the rhyme scheme? • 3. What is the mood? What emotion(s) does it invoke? • 4. What are the most powerful lines? • 5. What is the most powerful image it invokes? • 6. What does the poem mean to you? • 7. Why do you like the poem so much?

29. Poetry Gallery Walk • Leave your poem out on your desk. • Walk around the class and read as many poems as you can in the next 15 minutes. • Place a check mark on the poem(s) that you enjoy most.

30. Poetry Free Write • A dream • A pet • Something/someone you lost • Something/someone you gained • Yourself • A confession • Nature • Your future • A place • A person • A relationship • A vacation • A feeling • A moment • A wish, hope or desire • A regret

31. Here I sit on Graveyard Knoll, The silencer of wind. All seven here do rest in lull; Below the branches’ bend. Mossy bard and cobwebs cloak The forest like a tomb. Foggy sheets and gales invoke The hazy hosts to loom.

32. Arrowheads hide on their flat, Beneath the youthful spring. Watchful is the mountain cat As bouncing finches sing. Moore Creek carries leaves away Beneath the tall madrones. Diamondheads gleam every ray Atop their rocky thrones.

33. Down the path, beneath the bridge, The water babies cry. Through oaken branch and graded bridge Their gurgled wails give sigh. A heart engraved and not undone, Each beat breathed through a flute. The apple orchard left but one That ever yields its fruit.

34. Spirits white and mangled roam, Wraith guardians of lore. Beastly tracks impress the loam Born from mystic pour. Here I sit on Graveyard Knoll, In love and safely kept. Enchanted by the earthly pull Where honest souls have wept.

35. Poetry Showcase • Your final draft of your poem is due next Thursday, May 5th. • It must be at least 8 lines. • The meter, rhyme scheme, and subject are entirely your choice. • Every poem will be read aloud. If you don’t want your name connected to your poem, bring in one copy with your name on it (for me) and one without your name on it, which will be read anonymously.