Welcome to Poetry
This weeks notes and assignments:
The term "Roots" can symbolize more than what it literally means of just the part of the plant that is attached to the ground. To many people, roots are what they consider to ground them. For this weeks assignment, we will be exploring what the term "Roots" means to us. Hundreds of people have written poems about roots, and even more people have written quotes about them.
Assignment breakdown: - Go to the button below named "Roots Poems", and read through some of them. - Find two poems that you liked the most and put them into a powerpoint. - Answer the following question in the powerpoint: What does the term "Roots" mean to you? - Write your own roots poem. Be sure to capture what roots symbolize to you. |
Featured Poems
For this week, you will be reading new poetry. Your assignment is to go to Poetry Foundation, and choose two poems from the featured poems list. Once you have your poem, you must read through it, and answer the following questions:
Who is the poet?
What is the poets background?
What is the poem about?
Is there a rhyme scheme?
What are your thoughts on the poem?
These answers (including the poem) must be put onto a power point. You also need to make sure the presentation looks nice. No white backgrounds.
For this week, you will be reading new poetry. Your assignment is to go to Poetry Foundation, and choose two poems from the featured poems list. Once you have your poem, you must read through it, and answer the following questions:
Who is the poet?
What is the poets background?
What is the poem about?
Is there a rhyme scheme?
What are your thoughts on the poem?
These answers (including the poem) must be put onto a power point. You also need to make sure the presentation looks nice. No white backgrounds.
Previous class notes and assignments:
Thankful Poetry #1
Part 1: Write a poem about something you are thankful for. These can be serious, or light hearted. Part 2: Rewrite the poem on a blank piece of paper without your name. The poem will be read by another classmate without knowing whose poem they are reading. After completing Monday's assignment of "Epitaphs for the Dead", choose your best epitaph.
In class Instructions: -Write your epitaph on the index card that is handed to you and place it in the designated container. -After drawing a random epitaph from the container, write a poem to finish the epitaph. Assignment out of class: -Pick two of your best epitaph's from Monday's assignment and write a poem to finish each of them. Epitaphs for the dead.
One of the crucial parts of any poem you write is the hook. The hook is the very beginning lines of your poem that bring your reader in, wanting more. Hooks are usually surprising and unique. To practice writing hooks, writing epitaphs will help. Epitaphs are generally two lines that follow an "AA" rhyme scheme. Epitaphs are what you can find on headstones. The majority of epitaphs follow "here lies.... / who....." . Assignment: To celebrate Halloween and practice writing hooks, create ten epitaphs. Get creative and daring. Ekphrastic Poems:
After exercising the ability to describe senses without being cliche, create a descriptive portfolio. In the portfolio you will be choosing three professional paintings. Once you choose the paintings, you will write a poem about each painting. Remember to use your new descriptive skills. The portfolio should contain the following:
Poet Biography:
- Choose two poets to research and create a google slide for each poet with the following criteria:
After completing both poets, upload both google slides to your weebly page, and share them with me ([email protected]) - After understanding what imagery is in poetry, write ten separate sentences that appeal to all five of your senses (sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell). Once you have written ten sentences (or lines), test your knowledge of imagery and write a poem that contains all of your senses. No more than five lines.
-Look at the following two photos. After studying them, begin to write a poem about photo one. In the middle of your poem, start writing about poem number two. After completing this Volta Exercise, write a poem containing a volta.
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Class Documents:
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