READING POETRY: An Introduction
Today, you will see a variety of poems. Your job is to respond to the poems you are reading. You will be given several sentence stems to use in your responses.
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As you read the above poems, comment on each one at least once in your journal. Jot down a note to complete one of the following sentence starters:
- I was sitting next to this poem waiting for the bus, and it . . .
- In this poem's pockets are . . .
- This poem is hiding . . .
- If I were painting a picture of this poem, I would paint . . .
- If this poem were a burrito, it would . . .
STUDENT-GENERATED POETIC LANGUAGE
Today you will read another set of poems and respond with questions that the lines bring up. For this activity, you will read an unfamiliar and somewhat difficult poem. Work line by line through the poem, pretending that you are "talking back" to the lines, asking interesting questions of them.
Next, we will do a read-aloud of the poem, in which one student will read the line from Giovanni's poem and the "questioner" will read his or her own line. It will be a two-voiced dramatic interpretation performance.
GENERATE YOUR OWN POEM
Today, you will read a poem by Jane Yolen, and, using her poem as a model, you will create a similar poem of your own. Just walk through the poem line by line and mimic her structures, her tone, and her use of language.
POETIC TERMINOLOGY
Next, you will need to learn and understand the appropriate poetic terms so that you can discuss poetry intelligently. Watch the following video and complete the attached information packet.
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