Day 1: Prose-to-poetry Poem #1: Diamante / Story #1: harrison bergeron Line 1: Noun Line 2: Two adjectives Line 3: Three action verbs that end in " ing" Line 4: Four nouns Line 5: Three action verbs that end in " ing" Line 6: Two adjectives Line 7: Noun **Must be about a character or idea from the story!! Laborer Burdened, hardened Working, dreaming, waiting Contributer, provider, taker, leach Demanding, lurching, extracting Cruel, domineering Oppressor Cat clever, cuddly crouching, pouncing, purring meow, feline, canine, bark running, sniffing, yelping loveable, smart Dog
Day 2: Prose-to-poetry Poem #2: Name / Story #2: The Teacher who changed my life Your name poem must be about the teacher in the story OR someone in your own life Must have a rhyme scheme YOU create the rhyme scheme pattern Mothers Mothers are really sweet and kind Only the sweetest thing on earth They love you like anything Have to work all day cleaning Easy to make them happy Really easy to give them love. Alexis seems quite shy and somewhat frail, Leaning, like a tree averse to light, Evasively away from her delight. X-rays, though, reveal a sylvan sprite, Intense as a bright bird behind her veil, Singing to the moon throughout the night.
Day 3: Prose-to-poetry Poem #3: bio / Story #3: only daughter Line 1: Your character s first name Line 2: Four words that describe your character Line 3: Brother or sister of... Line 4: Lover of...(three ideas or people) Line 5: Who feels...(three ideas) Line 6: Who needs...(three ideas) Line 7: Who gives...(three ideas) Line 8: Who fears...(three ideas) Line 9: Who would like to see... Line 10: Resident of Line 11: His or her last name Must be about a character from the story. In at least one of the lines refer to some symbol in the story that helps describe the personality, emotions, or actions of the character featured in your poem. Add a picture or draw a frame around the poem depicting a scene or image from the story
Day 4: Prose-to-poetry Poem #4: elegy / Story #4: Shoofly Pie (184) Must have 3 stanzas, 4 lines in each Write the poem as though YOU are Mattie writing about her mother!!! Start the first two stanzas with: I remember Rhyme scheme: ABAB, CDCD, EFEF Use figurative language! Last stanza: words of comfort and hope for the future I remember Grandma because she had little to waste She was always precise in the proportions of things. Her eyes were all she needed to have the perfect taste For her amazing pies and apple rings. I remember her dresses were the same style; Her floral print was never too large or bright, We could always spot her coming within a mile Those flowers embodying a life of gleaming light Growing in the pasture, sunflowers perhaps; Harvest as carefully, gratefully as she once did And take them to her in an old teapot She ll like knowing she taught me something.
Day 5: Prose-to-poetry Poem #5: Sonnet / Story #5: Dyaspora (384) Write the poem about either YOUR culture that you love OR from the perspective of this author who loves her culture Must have 4 stanzas Must be in iambic pentameter (TEN syllables in each line!) Must have rhyme scheme: Stanza 1 (4 lines): ABAB Stanza 2 (4 lines): CDCD Stanza 3 (4 lines): EFEF Stanza 4 (2 lines only): GG
Day 6: Prose-to-poetry Poem #6: ode / Story #6: An excerpt from Night *The purpose of an ode is to PRAISE or GLORIFY something *Your poem must be about an object/subject you admire Step 1: Select a topic for your ode, and make a list attributes for that topic. Step 2: Consider how your topic could be a metaphor and include it in your ode. Step 3: Create phrases and stanzas based on step 1. Use a dictionary and thesaurus! Step 4: Shift words/phrases, add literary devices to make it sound better. Requirements: Put yourself in the position of the people in this story. If you had to suddenly leave your home and possessions behind, what is one thing you just could not live without? Your ode CANNOT be about electronic devices! No exceptions. You must create your own rhyme scheme pattern. Your ode must be written in quatrains (4 line stanzas) You must have 5 6 quatrains
Day 7: Prose-to-poetry Poem #7: cinquain / Story #7: Two Friends Line 1: one word (subject/noun) Line 2: two words (adjectives) or phrases that describe line 1 Line 3: three action verbs or action phrases that relate to line 1 Line 4: four words or one single phrase to describe feelings that relate to line 1 (based on the story!) Line 5: one word a synonym of line 1 or a word that sums it up *Must be about an aspect (character, idea, event, etc.) from the story, Two Friends (p.440) *Rhyme scheme optional
Day 8: Prose-to-poetry Poem #8: student-selected / Story #7: studentselected Read one of the following short stories to write your poem about: The Man in the Water (R. Rosenblatt) pg. 376-378 Tolerance (E. M. Forster) pg. 484-486 Letter to a Young Refugee from Another (A. Lam) pg. 491-493 The Blue Stones (I. Dinesen) pg. 690-692 Choose any of the poem styles we ve covered in class: (bio, cinquain, diamante, elegy, name, ode, sonnet) *Must be about your chosen story!! *Must have a rhyme scheme *Whichever poem you choose, follow the requirements