Humanities 8Humanities 8
What is Poetry?What is Poetry?
What do you think poetry is?
Why do people write poetry?
What is the difference between poetry and other written texts?
Lesson #1Introduction to What is Poetry?
Hand out Video Response Sheet and review questions as a class.
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What is Poetry?Video interview with Michael Rosen
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What is Poetry?
Let’s review – What is poetry?
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Chocolate Cakeby Michael Rosen
Poetry is expressive words and phrases to describe feelings, thoughts, emotions, experiences, places and objects.
Poetry can be humorous or tragic, philosophical or silly.
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What is Poetry?
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Poetry Terms
A single line of words in a poem.
Example:“The willow is like an etching,”
Line
A grouping of two or more lines of poetry; stanzas in a poem can have
different numbers of lines.
Example:“The willow is like an etching,
Fine-lined against the sky.The gingko is like a crude sketch,Hardly worthy to be signed.”
Stanza
A repetition of sounds at the endend of words.
Example:pool rhymes with rule
bake rhymes with make
Rhyme
A stated comparison of two things that have some quality in common
using the words likelike or asas
Example:“The willow is like is like an etching”
Simile
A stated comparison of two things that have some quality in common
NOTNOT using the words like or as.
Example:My hands were ice cold after
shoveling snow.
Metaphor
““Simile: Willow and Ginkgo” poemSimile: Willow and Ginkgo” poem
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Poem Exercise
Willow Ginkgo
“Simile: Willow and Ginkgo” poem
Number the linesDraw boxes around stanzasCircle rhyming wordsUnderline metaphors onceUnderline similes twice
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Putting it all together
• How many lines does stanza one have?
• What are some examples of rhyming words?
• What is an example of a simile?
• Remember, there are no metaphors in this poem. However, an example that would fit into stanza one is: Its leaves are silk
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“Willow and Gingko”-Stanza 1 (I Do)
How many lines does stanza two have?
How many stanzas does the entire poem have?
What are some examples of rhyming words in stanza two?
What is an example of a simile in stanza two?
Remember, there are no metaphors in this poem. Create a metaphor that you think would fit into stanza two. Think about what you can compare the willow or ginko to WITHOUT using the words “like” or “as”.
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“Willow and Gingko”-Stanza 2 (We Do)
• Rhyme: words that have the same ending sound (ex: far and car)
• Line: a single line of poetry
• Stanza: a group of lines; a paragraph
• Metaphor: a comparison that does not use the words like or as Examples: ice cold, puke green
• Simile: a comparison that does use the terms like and as Examples: as tall as a giant, smooth like ice
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Let’s Review
Please complete the ‘‘Using Using Similes and Metaphors in Our Similes and Metaphors in Our Own Poetry’ Own Poetry’ worksheet and keep it in your LA binder for
future reference.
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Simile and MetaphorPractice
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Poetry Devices
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning
of two or more words
Example:Waves want to be wheels
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Alliteration
The use of words that sound like the natural noises they name
Examples:Crack, Snap, Pop
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Onomatopoeia
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
Examples: My homework grew legs and walked away
My dog told me I shouldn’t do my homework.The frost paints the pines in the winter time.
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Personification
A ridiculous exaggeration that can by funny and makes a point.
Examples are: “I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill” “You could have knocked me over with a feather”.
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Hyperbole
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste)
Examples:Sight - The sunset glowed in the distanceSound - The thunder boomed loudlySmell - The smell of apple pie filled the apartmentTouch - The bed was as soft as a cloudTaste - The dinner tasted like I imagine garbage tastes
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Imagery
Follow the instructions on the hand-out sheets,
My Alliteration and Onomatopoeia PoemsMy Alliteration and Onomatopoeia Poemsand
Personification PracticePersonification Practice
Hand both into me when done!
USE YOUR OWN WORDS!!
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Writing Practice
Alliterations - the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words.Onomatopoeia - the use of words that sound like the natural noises they name.Personification - giving human characteristics to something non-humanHyperbole - A ridiculous exaggeration that can by funny and makes a point.Imagery - words and phrases that appeal to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste)
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Let’s Review
