poetry what makes a poem a poem? poetry unit exploration
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POETRY WHAT MAKES A POEM A POEM?
Poetry Unit Exploration
Week 1- March 31st – April 4th Poetry UnitClass Meeting- Jobs and New Groups
Block 1 Only Groups Seating Chart- Group 1- Brianna B , Cayleigh- Class Supervisors
Group 2- Dion, Tahki
Group 3- Baba, Cameron Group 4 - William Manuel
Group 6- Bernard , Marianna Group 7- Franklin , Tyron
Group 8 –Steve, Xavier
Group 9- Charles, Ariel- Class Paper Managers
Groups
1-Julianna, Chandler , Jacob
2, Chanel, Tristan, Kayla
3-Bu, Kayla , Pauline-Lunch Supervisors
4-Brianna , Alexander -Table Managers
5- Xzavier, Cali, Zachary
6- Andrew, Nigel, Kaiah
7- Drew ,Tristan, Rayna
Groups
8- Vincent, Madeline
(Paper Managers) 9-Ashley, Elijah,
Diana 10- Erin, Mariatou,
Phong 11- Hanna ,Gabriel,
Faith 12- Joshua, Jasmin,
Pamela
Week 1- March 31st – April 4th Poetry UnitClass Meeting- Jobs and New Groups Block 2 Only
Supervisors Will Conduct Class Meeting
Week 1- March 31st – April 4th Poetry UnitClass Meeting- Jobs and New Groups
Good Morning/Afternoon Today is our first day in the poetry UnitObjectives for the Unit Are: Analyze a poem through discussion and guided reading activitiesAnalyze how a sentence or stanza fits into the overall form of a poemCompare and contrast the experience of listening to a poem and reading a poemAcquire and accurately use academic poetry vocabulary Agenda Day 1- what do you already know about poems1. With a partner define the terms in your Schema bags in your notebook and explain why you think this is the correct definition. You may not use a dictionary or tablet. 2- Poetry Power Point –
- Youtube Clip about poetry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpeLSMKNFO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEqu8zirMWI - Key Notes and terms
Day 1- March 31st Poetry UnitIntroduction
PoetryPoetry
Poetry is an imaginative Poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience awareness of experience expressed through meaning, expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an choices so as to evoke an emotional response.emotional response.
POETRY SPEAKS TO THE HEART
Poetry asks you to feel something (that’s the heart part), not just think about it. You can tell how the poet feels about being alone in the following example:
Silence isA friend in times of sorrow
When all the amiable chatter in the worldBrings no relief
-Jennifer Karakka
POETRY SPEAKS TO THE SENSES
Poets create word pictures that build an image in your mind. Notice how the following example appeals to your sense of sight:
As night falls we head for bed,Great-grandma in her velvet, royal blue
nightgown,Her silver hair like a moon in a night sky,Her curlers, when the light hits them just right,Sparkling like stars.
-Carrie Materi
Noisy
filled with laughter
shrieking
and quiet
that is what cabin
8 sounds like.
-Jaclyn Wohl
A cup of hot chocolate,
Steaming,
Its warm breath kissing my face.
-Jennifer Karakkal
http://greenlifesaver.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/creamy-hot-chocolate_413.jpg
POETRY LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM PROSE
Poems are written in lines and stanzas (groups of lines), and they usually leave a lot of white space on a page. Here is a four-line stanza from a poem about a roller coaster:
Chugging slowly to the topWaiting for that long, long dropMy stomach turns into a knot.I focus on the parking lot.
- Molly Joneshttp://www.alphea.ca/vervenaturals/alphea/alphea50plus/images/cartoon.jpg
POETRY SOUNDS DIFFERENTPoets pay special attention to sound in their
work. Here are some of the techniques that make poems pleasing to the ear.
Repeat words: I see water, I see sky, and I see sun.
Rhyme words: Ever go away?. . . Happy every day.
Repeat vowel sounds: Lonely old bones.Repeat consonant sounds: Sparkling silver
stars.Use words that sound like what they mean:
Eggs crack. Splat
Sensory language – is writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses.
Senses in languageLanguage can make reference to any or all
senses by deliberate use of appropriate sensory words. Note that these can be both direct description and also sensory metaphors.
SIGHT
The visual sense is referenced by talking about light and dark, shades and hues, visible shape and appearance.
Her brilliant red blouse fitted her slim figure
like a glove.
SOUND
Auditory senses are triggered by reference to loudness, timbre, actual words spoken, and so on.
He shouted harsh approval at the sound of her
pure warbling Italian soprano.
FEELING
Tactile feeling and emotional feeling are closely connected, as we sense our emotions as tensions and other physical bodily experiences.
His heart thumped as he grasped the meaning
of her smile.
TASTE AND SMELLOur gustatory senses are closely linked
and are often used in the metaphoric sense.
She could stomach his words no longer and smelled a bitter rat in his intent.
Smell in particularly is powerfully evocative sense and can easily trigger early memories.
SENSORY IMAGES
Help the reader see, hear or feel things.
Sensory images are details that appeal to the senses.
An apple, for example, might be described "juicy and tart."
The words "juicy and tart" appeal to your sense of taste.
SENSORY IMAGE CONT.
"The rolling rumble and crash" of thunder, on the other hand, appeals to your sense of hearing.
Imagery may appeal to any of your senses.
IMAGERY POEMS
Imagery poems draw the reader into poetic experiences by touching on the images and senses which the reader already knows.
The use of images in this type of poetry serves to intensify the impact of the work.
ReflectionsInto the crystal pool I gazed to seeThe fleeting glimpse of a white-tailed deerSo pure, so freeBeneath a sapphire sky with cloudsShe emerges from a wooded glenSo cautious and delicateWith tiny fawn beside and coweringWhile towering pines trembled and swayedAs if almost knowingAnd a bold hawk perches and spiesA shimmering silver trout leapsGraceful and splendidHis dive breaking my gaze into the waterAnd I glace again to seeMyself- 1984
Crystal Cascades
Soft upon my eyelashesTurning my cheeks to pinkSoftly falling, fallingNot a sound in the air
Delicately designed in snowFading away at my touchLeaving only a glistening dropAnd its memory
- 1984
SENSORY LANGUAGE: The Five Senses Food Poem
Think about a food or a drink item. Think of several adjectives that
describe it. What does it look like, smell like, sound like, and taste like?
Put these adjectives into categories based on the five senses.
Example: Adjectives:
Sight...hang, purpleSound...soft crunch,
Smell...sweet, sour, fruity Taste...delicious, sweet, juicy Touch...smooth, cold, round, lump
Answer some of the questions listed. What can you compare the food to? If this food was an emotion, what? Why do people eat this food? What is special about this food? Where does this food come from?
When you are done, write a ten line poem based on your words. The poem should not directly TELL the reader what the food is.
It should describe and show its various aspects by using sensory language.
Fingers pry it loose,head tilts back, and I toss a violet sphere of sweet and sour waterhigh in the air,catching it my mouth like a pro.My teeth pinch,piercing the liningto feel a tasty, squashy, crunch as if I popped a water balloon. The slimy mass goes ends up in my stomach,But my tongue is confused-the flavor’s not like the kool-aid or sweet tart kind.
They hang on vines, careless and freeuntil people pick Italians or Californians pick them. Some people spit out the pits to win contests.Some people stomp on them with barefeetto make the fermentation of antiquity.Some like to throw themespecially in the lunch room,maybe at a friend’s head.Some make you buddies with peanut butter.I used to cut them in half so my baby brother wouldn’t
choke.Oh, great orb of versatility, where would we be without
you?
What am I?
ALLITERATIONWhen two or more words in a poem begin with the same letter or sound.
Dressy Daffodils
"Dressy daffodils" is an example of alliteration because both the words begin with "D." Alliteration is like rhyming, but with alliteration the rhyming comes at the front of the words instead of the end.
CARING CATS Caring cats cascade offLaughing lamas Lounging.Underneath yelling yaks,Yelling at roamingRats.
By Rachael
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/alliteration.html
References
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