PoetryContent Standards

6.1.12 Read, view and recognize various literary genres (poetry)

601.8.13 Identify sound patterns, figurative language and other conventions of verse in poetry (rhyme scheme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, idioms, limerick, lyric, narrative, haiku)

601.8.18 Determine the appropriate meaning of figurative words and phrases

Bell Work

• 1. Put your “Keep The Grown Ups Out Of It” homework sheet from last week on the front table in a neat stack.

• 2. Bell work packet – Complete #15 and read the speech “Four Can Be Better Than Five”. Think of a new title for this speech and write it above the given title.

  

Food Fight  

by Kenn Nesbitt    We’d never seen the teachers

in a state of such distress.The principal was yellingthat the lunchroom was a _________.

It started off so innocentwhen someone threw a bun,but all the other kids decidedthey should join the ____________.

It instantly turned intoan enormous lunchroom feud,as students started hurlingall their halfway-eaten ______________.

A glob went whizzing through the air,impacting on the wall.Another chunk went sailing outthe doorway to the _____________.

And so our good custodianran out to grab his mop.It took him half the afternoonto clean up all the ______________.

The teachers even used some wordswe’re not supposed to mention.And that’s how all the kids and teacherswound up in ______________________.

What Words Do You Think Go In The Blanks?

Objectives

• Today you will…– 6.1.12 Explain the difference between poetry

and prose– 6.1.12 Identify stanzas and lines in poetry– 601.8.13 Read poems and identify sound

patterns (rhythm and rhyme scheme)– 601.8.18 Write a 4 line poem with a certain

rhyme scheme

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery. In 1849, she escaped from a Maryland plantation. She would devote the rest of her life to helping other slaves gain their freedom. She was a leader of the Underground Railroad, a group of secret places where slaves could stay on their way North. During the Civil War, she served as a nurse, cook, and union spy. Tubman died in March 1913.

Harriet Tubman   by Eloise Greenfield

Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuff Wasn't scared of nothing neither Didn't come in this world to be no slaveAnd wasn't going to stay one either

"Farewell!" she sang to her friends one nightShe was mighty sad to leave 'em But she ran away that dark, hot night Ran looking for her freedom She ran to the woods and she ran through the woods With the slave catchers right behind herAnd she kept on going till she got to the NorthWhere those mean men couldn't find her

Nineteen times she went back South To get three hundred others She ran for her freedom nineteen times To save Black sisters and brothers Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuff Wasn't scared of nothing neither Didn't come in this world to be no slave And didn't stay one either

Partner/Group Discussion:

What differences do you notice between the first Harriet Tubman passage and the second one? Be prepared to share your ideas with the class.

What is Poetry?

• What is poetry? Poetry is a form of art that uses words to express thoughts and feelings. It has been around for thousands of years and can be found in just about every culture on earth. It differs from "normal writing" (called prose) in several ways. Poems:

• look different • sound different • often use figurative language

Poems Look Different

• Prose is written in the form of sentences and paragraphs, using correct grammar and punctuation.

• Poems, on the other hand, are usually written in lines and stanzas (groups of lines). They may or may not have punctuation and sometimes regular grammar and/or spelling rules are ignored.

Poems Sound Different

• The two main features which make a poem sound different than prose are rhyme and rhythm. A rhyme is when two words sound the same (e.g. - cat, hat, fat, rat, etc.).

• Some poems will also have repetition, which means several words or phrases will be repeated throughout the poem.

• Let’s read a poem that rhymes.Read "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer

Rhyme Scheme

• We can use letters to indicate the rhyming scheme of a poem. The rhyming scheme of "Trees" is: AA BB CC DD EE FF.

"Trees"by Joyce Kilmer

I think that I shall never see AA poem lovely as a tree. A

A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed BAgainst the sweet earth's flowing breast; B

A tree that looks at God all day, CAnd lifts her leafy arms to pray; C

A tree that may in summer wear DA nest of robins in her hair; D

Upon whose bosom snow has lain; E Who intimately lives with rain. E

Poems are made by fools like me, FBut only God can make a tree. F

Rhyme Scheme

• Let’s look at some other common rhyming schemes!

"The Tyger" by William Blake

“You'll love me yet and I can tarry" by Robert Browning

Now You Try!

• With your group/partner, read the following poems and try to figure out the rhyming scheme. You can write on the paper.

"My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson

"Sonnet No. 18" by William Shakespeare

Rhythm

• Rhythm refers to the musical quality of the poem based on which syllables are stressed.

• Let’s go back and read “Trees” and “The Tyger” and discuss the rhythm.

Read "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer "The Tyger" by William Blake

It’s Your Turn to Write!

• Write a 4 line poem that has the following rhyme scheme:

ABABPossible Topics: Candy, Rain, Sports, SchoolBe prepared to share with the classtoday!

Bell-work

• Read the 1st poem on the paper and be prepared to identify the rhyme scheme.

Bell Work

• Bell work packet – Skim over the speech “Four Can Be Better Than Five” that we read yesterday. Then answer #16 – 17

Objectives

• Today you will…– 601.8.13 and 6.1.12 Read poems and identify

sound patterns (alliteration and onomatopoeia)

– 601.8.13 Review characteristics of poetry and rhyme scheme

   I’m Staying Home from School Today  

by Kenn Nesbitt    I’m staying home from school today.

I’d rather be in ____________,pretending that I have a painthat’s pounding in my head.

I’ll say I have a stomachache.I’ll claim I’ve got the ____________.I’ll shiver like I’m coldand hold my breath until I’m blue.

I’ll fake a cough. I’ll fake a sneeze.I’ll say my throat is _____________.If necessary, I can throwa tantrum on the floor.

I’m sure I’ll get away with it.Of that, there’s little _____________.But even so, I really hopemy students don’t find out.

What Words Do You Think Go In The Blanks?

REVIEW FROM YESTERDAY

Other Techniques Sometimes Used By Poets To Make Their Poems

Sound Interesting:• Alliteration - repeating words with the

same beginning consonant sound (Ex: - Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers...)

• Onomatopoeia - a word that sounds like the sound it is describing (Ex: - click, buzz, bang, meow, etc.) Example Sound Words

Which sound device is being used in the following poem?

The Wonderful WindThe wonderful wind whistles Repeated reminders throughout the dayTelling tales of what is comingPredicting and preparing us to pray.The wise wind sometimes whispersThe secrets that have been secretly hid.

Alliteration or Onomatopoeia?

Alliteration!

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Discuss the Examples of Alliteration in this poem with your

group/partnerLeaping LionsLeaping Lions leap after lengthy naps.They sleepily stretch strong appendagesTo prepare properly for the precious hunt.Young, youthful lions Gallop gallantly on the grassland plains.Then they too sleep serenely after strenuousstretching.

What sound device is being used in the following poem?

THE NOISY DAY

When I went to the park, I heard a quackSo I followed the quackingAnd it led me to the ducks.

Then soon I heard a chirpSo I followed the chirpingAnd it led me to the tree filled with birds.

Then I soon heard a buzzSo I followed the buzzingAnd it led me to a flower filled with bees.

Then I heard a ha haSo I followed the ha haAnd it led me to the playground filled with kids playing.

Soon I heard a whisper, whisperSo I followed the whisperingAnd it led me to two little kids telling secrets.I hope they are not talking about me.

Alliteration or Onomatopoeia?

Onomatopoeia!

Discuss the examples of Onomatopoeia in this poem with

your group/partner

ReviewWrite your answers on your “Ticket Out The Door”

My Teacher Took My iPodA Funny School Poem for Kids

My teacher took my iPod.She said they had a rule; I couldn't bring it into class or even to the school.

She said she would return it;I'd have it back today.But then she tried my headphones onand gave a click on Play.

She looked a little startled, but after just a while she made sure we were occupied and cracked a wicked smile.

Her body started swaying. Her toes began to tap. She soon was grooving in her seat and rocking to the rap.

My teacher changed her mind. She said it's now okay to bring my iPod into class. She takes it every day.

1. How many stanzas are in this poem?

2. How many lines are in each stanza?

3. What is this poem’s rhyme scheme?

Review BAKE A CAKE 1 cake tins clatter and bang

wooden spoons tap, tap, tap beat butter and sugar together cream, creamy, creamier

5 softly sift self-raising flour crack an egg, empty contents, splat gurgle milk into the mix hand-held egg-beater whirring bake the cake for an hour

10 lick the bowl, rinse and wash slosh, splash water on the floor tip hot cake onto rack to cool pipe icing and whipped cream plonk strawberries round edge yummy, kids say to their mummy

1. What sound device is used in line 2?

2. What sound device is used in line 4?

3. What sound device is used in line 5?

4. What are 2 ways that poems are different from prose?

Objectives• Today you will…

– 6.1.12 and 601.8.13 Read poems and identify figurative language (similes and metaphors)

– 601.8.18 Analyze poems and determine the meaning of the figurative language that is being used

The elephant is as happy as a flower in the morning sunlight.

The elephant is a child discovering the world for the first time.

How Is This Song Like A Poem? You have a copy of the lyrics to a popular song

called “Stereo Hearts” by Gym Class Heroes.

Read the lyrics to yourself and think about what we have discussed this week about poetry.

Be able to answer the question…How is this song like a poem? Can you think of at least 3 examples of how this song is like a poem?

Write your ideas on the back of the paper and be prepared to share with the class.

Poems Use Figurative Language

• Ideas can be expressed either literally or figuratively. • The literal meaning refers to the most basic meaning,

based on an exact meaning of the words.• The figurative meaning refers to a deeper meaning

which is quite different from the exact meaning of the words.

• For example, if a boy tells a girl, "You are making my heart bleed", does he actually mean that she is causing blood to flow from his heart organ (the literal meaning) or does he simply mean that she is making him feel so sad (the figurative meaning)?

Similies and Metaphors

• Two common ways of using figurative language are similes and metaphors.

• A simile is a comparison using the words "like" or "as”.

• A metaphor is when one thing is directly compared to another.

Similes

• "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes

• "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns

• "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth

Similes Berkley1 Black as midnight, Bad as the devil With eyes like pieces of dark chocolate,4 He thinks he’s king of the world, My dog Berkley. He’s very much like a pig With his pudgy stomach and all. 8 Like a leech, he’s always attached To his next meal.

Even though he’s as bad as the devil, Berkley is my best fellow.

With your group, discuss which lines in this poem have a simile AND what the simile means.

The person in your group with the longest hair will write the line numbers on a dry erase board.

Similes

Birds 1 Chirping non-stop, like a machine in the trees,

Building their nest like little worker bees. They sing their songs, like chatter-boxes. 4 As regular as alarm clocks, Waking people up each day. They are silent at night, Like snakes advancing on prey.

Now, read the following poem to yourself. DO NOT discuss it with your group. Write which lines of this poem use a simile on your dry erase board. Be able to explain what each simile means.

Metaphors

• A metaphor is when one thing is directly compared to another.

• Metaphors are sometimes hard to spot and take some thinking to figure out, but they give writers more power to express their thoughts about a certain situation.

• "I am a rainbow" is a example of metaphor because it is comparing two nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use like or as.

Metaphors Love Is

Love is a burning candleIt's not always easy to handleIt burns, but it's still beautifulAnd it makes celebrations oh so meaningful

It's a sunsetBurning with romanceA song...That makes you want to dance...

Love is being compared to a burning candle WITHOUT using “like” or “as”

Love is also being compared to a sunset WITHOUT using “like” or “as”.

Metaphors Metaphor for a Family My family lives inside a medicine chest:

Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerfulbut not always effective in a crisis.

Mom is the middle-size tweezer,which picks and pokes and pinches.

David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,sometimes ignored.

Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty, that pops off the shelf and bounces in my way as I open the door.

And I am the wood and glue which hold us all together with my love.

What is Dad being compared to WITHOUT using “like” or “as”?

What is Muffin being compared to WITHOUT using “like” or “as”?

Objectives• Today you will…

– 6.1.12 and 601.8.13 Read poems and identify figurative language (similes and metaphors)

– 601.8.18 Analyze poems and determine the meaning of the figurative language that is being used

The elephant is as happy as a flower in the morning sunlight.

The elephant is a child discovering the world for the first time.

Do You Remember This?

Let’s look at the lyrics AGAIN! Can you find the metaphors? As you listen to the song, HIGHLIGHT

examples of metaphors that are used! Be prepared to share what you

highlighted and explain WHY it’s a metaphor!

• Stereo Hearts

Homework

Fold a piece of paperinto four sections andlabel each section likethis:

Write one simile andone metaphor foreach topic.

Chocolate

1. Simile:

2. Metaphor:

Snow

1. Simile:

2. Metaphor:

Love

1. Simile:

2. Metaphor:

Topic of Your Choice

1. Simile:

2. Metaphor:

Objectives• Today you will…

– 6.1.12 and 601.8.13 Read poems and identify figurative language (similes and metaphors)

– 601.8.18 Analyze poems and determine the meaning of the figurative language that is being used

The elephant is as happy as a flower in the morning sunlight.

The elephant is a child discovering the world for the first time.

PLEASE READ

• 1. Find your seat by looking at the card.• 2. Leave the card on your desk.• 3. If you blurt out, talk or are disruptive, I will come and take your

card. • 4. If you card is taken, you will be written in my discipline log.• 5. I will take your card for missing assignments too and log that

on the card.• 6. MR. CREASY WANTS NO ONE IN THE HALL…SO DON’T EVEN

ASK TO GO ANYWHERE.• 7. DISMISSAL- BECAUSE NO ONE CAN BE IN THE HALL, YOU

WILL STAY IN YOUR SEAT UNTIL YOUR BUS IS CALLED. YOU WILL GO TO YOUR LOCKER AFTER YOUR BUS IS CALLED. NO EXCEPTIONS. -

• ``• ..

Simile or Metaphor?Write Simile or Metaphor AND what each Simile

or Metaphor means.

• 1. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.

• 2. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!"

• 3. The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.

• 4. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.

• 5. I feel like a limp dishrag.

Bell Work

• Bell Work Packet – Complete # 18-20

Objectives

• Today you will…– 6.1.12 and 601.8.13 Read poems and identify

figurative language (hyperbole, personification, idioms)

– 601.8.18 Analyze poems and determine the meaning of the figurative language that is being used

Review

As a group, write a 4 line poem about this picture.

Use one of the following types of figurative language in your poem:

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole, Personification, Idioms

• Hyperbole – when extreme exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect

My DogHis bark breaks the sound barrierHis nose is as cold as an ice box.

A wag of his tail causes hurricanesHis jumping causes falling rocks.He eats a mountain of dog food

And drinks a water fall dry.But though he breaks the bank

He’s the apple of my eye.

Which Lines Have Hyperbole?Appetite

In a house the size of a postage stamplived a man as big as a barge.His mouth could drink the entire riverYou could say it was rather largeFor dinner he would eat a trillion beansAnd a silo full of grain,Washed it down with a tanker of milkAs if he were a drain.

Do you notice any other types of figurative language being used in this poem?

Which Lines Have Personification?My TownThe leaves on the ground danced

in the windThe brook sang merrily as it went

on its way.The fence posts gossiped and

watched cars go bywhich winked at each other just to

say hi.The traffic lights yelled, ”Stop,

slow, go!”The tires gripped the road as if

clinging to life.Stars in the sky blinked and

winked outWhile the hail was as sharp as a

knife.

Do you notice any other types of figurative language being used in this poem?

• Personification - an inanimate object is given human qualities or abilities.

Dinnertime ChorusThe teapot sang as the water boiledThe ice cubes cackled in their glass

the teacups chattered to one another.While the chairs were passing gas

The gravy gurgled merrily As the oil danced in a pan.Oh my dinnertime chorusWhat a lovely, lovely clan!

• Idiom - an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words.

Cat Got Your TongueI was feeling shy when my uncle came."Has the cat got your tongue?" he said.He must have meant, "Why aren't you talking?“Because my tongue was still in my head.

—Adele Tolley Wilson

Examples Of Idioms• Beat Around the Bush

• Bite Off More Than You Can Chew

• Break the Ice

• Butterflies in My Stomach

• Let the cat out of the bag

• Raining Cats and Dogs

• I smell a rat

• Pulling my leg

Idioms for Idiots

“You can't cry over spilled milk!”my mother always said.

“Life's not a piece of cake!” she hammered in my head.

“That's the way it goes, that's the way the cookie crumbles”

My mother saved her idiomsfor all my idiotic troubles

Idioms

• With your group, try to think of more idioms!

• You have 5 minutes to make a list of as many idioms as you can!

• Be prepared to share your ideas with the class!

PracticeExit Card- Is it P for personification

or H for hyperbole.1. My homework ran away!

2. The light bulb smiled down upon

me.

3. I was so tired I was asleep on

my feet.

4. I am so hungry I could eat a

horse.

5. The pen pirouetted across the page.

Review• Let’s look at a song you have all heard! “Firework” by Katy Perry• Let’s read the lyrics together. As we are reading, make

a note next to the lines that use figurative language. Alliteration = AOnomatopoeia = OSimile = SMetaphor = MPersonification = PHyperbole = HIdiom - I