Objectives: Today I will...
Homework:
Agenda:
- answer the question "What is poetry?"
- and write my own "Where I'm From" poem
Homework:
- Finish drafting "Where I'm From" poem if you do not finish in class
- Have missing work? Last day to turn in late work, retakes, make-ups, or re-dos is Friday, March 13th
Agenda:
- Poetry Packet
- Read through the first page as a class.
- What important dates do you notice on the calendar?
- What is Poetry?
- Volunteers to read "Carrots" and "The Valley of Unrest"?
- What is similar about these poems? What is different about these poems?
- How would YOU define poetry?
- Dictionary Definition: literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
- Why are we studying poetry?
- Read through the page "Why Study Poetry" with your table group.
- What other reasons for studying poetry can you come up with?
- Preview Visual Dictionary
- Are there words that you already know?
- Draw a picture to represent figurative language and sensory language
- Figurative language: when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning (some types of figurative language are metaphors and similes!)
- Sensory language: language that connects to the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch)
- "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon
- Follow along in your packet as we listen to this poem
- Now you try!
- Fill in the blanks to create your own "Where I'm From" poem
- Be thoughtful! What things and people have shaped you into the person you are now?
- Try using figurative language and sensory details.
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