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Here is where you will find an outline of our class activities. Homework will be posted here as well as links to any documents you may need.
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Wednesday, March 11

3/11/2020

 
Get out your poetry packet & fill in your visual dictionary (page 4) for the terms personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, & imagery

  • Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language

Objectives: Today I will read, discuss, and draft a free verse poem.

Homework: 
  • Finish drafting free verse poem if you do not finish in class
  • Last day to turn in late work is Friday!
  • Poetry Term Quiz on Monday

Agenda: 
  • Share Your Poems!
    • ​Share your onomatopoeia poem and/or your personification poem with your table group members!
    • Volunteers to share with the class?
  • Photo Essay Rubrics​
    • Today you’ll be getting your photo essay rubrics back.
    • Keep them until you are positive the grade is entered correctly on Skyward!
    • If you would like to re-submit your photo essay:​
      • Make revisions!
      • Write down what you changed on the back of your rubric.
      • Turn your rubric back in by Monday
  • Free Verse Poems (pages 19-20)
    • ​Free verse poems have no set rhythm or rhyme scheme that they must follow.
    • There is no required structure.
    • Free verse often sounds like natural speech, but with more imagery.
    • Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language
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  • Maya Angelou's "Caged Bird"
    • Follow along in your packet (page 19) while we listen to this poem
  • Group Discussion​
    • Have a discussion with your table group about the poem “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou
    • Each group member chooses a different discussion role (facilitator, recorder, reporter, or timekeeper). All group members contribute ideas.
  • Group Discussion Norms
    • Stay on topic
    • Talk with your group
    • Everybody responds to each question
    • Encourage others to participate
    • Disagree respectfully
    • Listen while others are speaking
  • Now You Try!​ (page 20)
    • Choose a focus for your poem (consider different themes you are interested in writing about).
    • Write, write, write!
    • Revise as needed after you finish your draft.
    • Your poem should be at least 8 lines long, but try to write 10 or more for an extra challenge!

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