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1 Word of the Day: EMPHASIZE Word & Defini,on: My Explana,on: Emphasize To put emphasis on; lay stress to Example or on Example Visual:

2 Tuesday, February 16, 2010 T E S AGEDA: Word of the Day: Emphasize o 5 minutes o Literary Terms Review o 5 minutes o What is Poetry? KWL o 20 minutes o Read pg. 687 & 688 o Sonnet 18 and Tanka o Which poem had the biggest impact on you? Why? o Answer Big QuesTons o o 3 minutes HW: Read The Bean Eaters pg. 703 (textbook) o In what ways are the couple s lives rich even though they are poor? BIG QUESTIS: What is poetry? What are the different types of poetc forms? Announcements and ther Important Dates: FCA #7 Monday 2/22 Early Release Day Wednesday 2/24 Write in otes

3 Homework Write a sticky note reminder or place in agenda: H M E W R K Create your own examples for TW of the following types of poems: Haiku Sonnet Free Verse See presentation for poem details.

4 Literary Terms Review (Big QuesTons Quiz) DirecTons: Match Words to the correct definiton. # Words: LeHer: Defini,ons: 1 Symbol A Free form of expression 2 Metaphor B Appeals to an emoton 3 PersonificaTon C A contradicton 4 Hyperbole D Imitates the sound made by the object 5 Simile E A story 6 EmoTve F Stands for itself and a deeper meaning 7 Paradox G A comparison using like or as 8 nomatopoeia H A comparison without using like or as 9 arratve I Human qualites to a non living thing 10 Poetry J An exaggeraton

5 Exploring Poetry Literary Terms pg. 630 Read pg in the textbook. Create a KWL Chart for the bold faced terms. K Know W Want to Know L Learned All the words you All the words you All the words that definitely know and have never heard could explain to a partner. of before, or that you are not sure about their meaning. you learn today.

6 Poetry Ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create T E S TradiTonal poetry is language arranged in lines, with a regular rhythm and oien a definite rhyme scheme. Poetry is difficult to define, but most people know when they read it.

7 Types of Poetry FREE VERSE Refers to poetry that does not follow a prescribed form but is characterized by the irregularity in the length of lines and the lack of a regular metrical pakern and rhyme. Free verse may use other repettve pakerns instead (like words, phrases, and structures). ote: Free verse should not be confused with BLAK VERSE (aka iambic pentameter) Example: They say that your words are a mirror into your soul. Are they? And if they are, does that mean that whoever reads them knows what you're thinking? What if you don't want them to? And if it is a mirror, will everyone see the opposite of what's really there? Do you know the answers? And if you don't, do you know who does? I don't.

8 Types of Poetry EPIC A long narratve poem on a serious subject or acton involving heroic characters. An epic is told in a formal and elevated style. EXAMPLE The primary epic Beowulf begins: Listen! We have heard of the glory of the Spear Danes in the old days, the kings of tribes how noble princes showed great courage! ien Scyld Scefing seized mead benches from enemy troops, from many a clan; he terrified warriors, even though first he was found a waif, helpless. For that came a remedy, he grew under heaven, prospered in honours untl every last one of the bordering natons beyond the whale road had to heed him, pay him tribute. He was a good king!

9 Types of Poetry BALLAD A song like narratve that has short stanzas and a refrain. EXAMPLE The Ballad of Kubla Khan

10 Types of Poetry HAIKU A poem of seventeen syllables arranged in three lines. The first and third lines contain five syllables; the second line seven (5 7 5). The haiku is the shortest form in Japanese poetry. It frequently expresses delicate emoton or presents an image (frequently one of a natural object or scene). Example: A bare pecan tree slips a pencil shadow down a moonlit snow slope. Etheridge Knight

11 Types of Poetry TAKA A poem of 5 unrhymed lines: The first and third lines contain five syllables; the second, fourth and fiih lines seven ( ). It frequently expresses delicate emoton or presents an image (frequently one of a natural object or scene). Example: The clustering clouds Can it be they wipe away The lunar shadows? Every Tme they clear a bit The moonlight shines the brighter. Ki Tsurayuki

12 Types of Poetry SET A type of poetry with three four line stanzas followed by a two line stanza called a couplet that rhymes. EXAMPLE Sonnet #57 Being your slave, what should I do but tend upon the hours and Tmes of your desire? I have no precious Tme at all to spend, or services to do, Tll you require. or dare I chide the world without end hour Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you, or think the bikerness of absence sour When you have bid your servant once adieu or dare I queston with my jealous thought where you may be, or yours affairs suppose, But like a sad slave, stay and think of naught Save, where you are how happy you make those. So true a fool is love that in your will, Though you do any thing, he thinks no ill. William Shakespeare

13 Read Sonnet 18 & Tanka pgs. 687 & 688 T E S Read the poems. Which poem made the greatest impact on you? Why? Discuss your opinion with a partner.

14 Poetry PracTce T E S I m obody! Who are you? by Emily Dickinson I m obody! Who are you? Are you obody Too? Then there s a pair of us? Don t tell! they d advertse you know! How dreary to be Somebody! How public like a Frog To tell one s name the livelong June To an admiring Bog! 1. Which of the following terms might be used to classify these two poems? a. arratve b. EmoTve c. SaTre d. Free Verse 2. What does the speaker feel it is like to be somebody in the first poem? a. admirable b. overwhelming c. excitng d. dull

15 Poetry PracTce Context Clues T E S He ate and drank the precious Words by Emily Dickinson He ate and drank the precious Words His spirit grew robust He knew no more that he was poor, or that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy Days And this Bequest of Wings Was but a Book. What Liberty A loosened spirit brings 3. In the poem, the word robust means a. weak b. strong c. round d. fragile 4. In the poem, the word bequest means a. gii b. request c. parade d. demand

16 Big QuesTons What is poetry? What are the different types of poetc forms?

17 Homework Write a sticky note reminder or place in agenda: H M E W R K Create your own examples for TW of the following types of poems: Haiku Sonnet Free Verse See presentation for poem details.

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