Thursday, March 12

Get out your Poetry Packet! Open to the Visual Dictionary (page 4). Quiz your table group on the Poetry Terms!

Objectives: Today I will read & draft Just Because poems and Blackout poems.

Homework: 

• Finish drafting Just Because & Blackout poems if you do not finish in class
• Last day to turn in late work is tomorrow
• Poetry Term quiz on Monday

Agenda: 

• Just Because Poems (page 21)
  • ​Just Because poems are powerful because they make a statement about how others perceive certain qualities, attributes, and values.
  • They are a way to address and shatter stereotypes.
  • Stereotype: an oversimplified & fixed view of a certain person, group, or quality (often negative)​

• Now You Try:
  • Consider certain stereotypes or misconceptions that you have personally encountered in your life.
  • Write them down (example: quiet = shy)
  • Then, create a Just Because poem to shatter those stereotypes.
  • Use at least two “Just because… Doesn’t mean” statements.
• Blackout Poems (page 22-23)
  • Blackout poems are created from already published works by choosing some words from the page to create a poem while covering/decorating over all others.
  • Sometimes the way the poem is covered creates a visual that matches the theme of the poem.

• Now You Try:​
  • Read over the scanned page (page 23) or choose a different published work to use.
  • Lightly circle the words you want to use to create a poem. Start with the words that stand out to you.
  • After you have decided on the poem itself, begin drafting an image or covering the words you will not be using with markers, colored pencils, etc.
• Extra Work Time:
  • ​Complete any unfinished poems from your packet.
  • Choose/revise the 10 poems for your anthology.
  • Draft a Dedication page (These poems are dedicated to _____ because…) or an About the Author page (list a few facts about yourself).

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