Aim: How can we use the poem, “This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams as inspiration for our own poems?
Today’s Lesson
Do Now: Think / Pair / Share
Describe a time when you or someone you know did something that was “technically wrong” and you should have felt sorry for it but you didn’t?
The class was given a short amount of time to answer this question individually. Sophia was called on first and mentioned how when women are abused, they fight back, killing or harming their abuser. Annie talked about how she would joke around with her siblings. Kiara talked about how she had gotten yelled at by her teacher for accidentally spilling her gummy bears and had gotten mad. Lastly, Mrs. Peterson gave her own example, she got in trouble with her mom because her stepdad broke something and blamed it on her. But after Mrs. Peterson moved away her stepdad had no one else to blame and got into trouble a lot.
Moving on to the second and third slide, the class read the poem “This Is Just To Say” by William Carlos Williams. After reading we briefly touched on how William Carlos apologized but in reality, didn’t mean it. Owning up to what they have done, yet followed by insincerity. Then discussed how William Carlos’ poem had no regular rhythm or syllabic count, no rhyme, and lacked any punctuation, other than line-breaks. William Carlos championed the poetic philosophy, “way with convention, free the line, write poems about anything, be local, be American, no ideas but in things.” Afterward, the class read another “This Is To Say” poem by William Carlos Williams. After reading the example “This Is To Say” poems by William Carlos Williams we were given a chance to earn points for our team by creating as many “This Is To Say” poems as you can individually in 5 minutes. In the end, Daniel had won 30 points for his team with 6 poems.
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Finishing slide 5, the class moved onto discussing how and why imagery is used in poems in slide 6. “Image is the root word of imagination”, using the imagery the writer can better express his feelings, emotions and display what he wants to the reader. The class was then led to watch a video on imagery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxASvORGoG4&ab_channel=TheRedRoomCompany
After finishing the video, the class was asked on what the key takeaway, and what the application of imagery was in the video. Annie was the first to answer, discussing how the imagery in the poem allowed the writer to stimulate feelings from the reader using the five senses. This answer earned her team 10 points.
Going onto slide 7, the class read a poem accompanied by photos and seeing how the photos can also help in expressing certain emotions.
Images from a landscape are used to indicate hopelessness.
Images of birthday cake are used to create feelings of melancholy and sadness.
Images of birthday cake are used to create feelings of melancholy and sadness.
With this we moved onto and read the poem “Fast Break” by Edward Hirsch on slide 8 and 9. After reading the poem the class had a discussion about the structure of the poem. Annie mentions how there is little to no punctuation in the poem. Celeste added on how there was only one period in the entire poem, earning 10 points for her team. The class was then finally left off after Mrs. Peterson explained our homework.
REFLECTION
Today’s lesson taught about how poetry has no rules and the importance of imagery. The lesson started with a question relating to the following poems. Allowing the class to easily transition into discussing the poems. The poems by William Carlos Williams really allowed us to see how poems can be written with no regular rhythm or syllabic count, no rhyme, and lack any punctuation since this was the poetic philosophy William Carlos himself followed, “away with convention, free the line, write poems about anything, be local, be American, no ideas but in things.” After a discussion the topic was led to imagery. Imagery was introduced with a short definition, what it does, and why it’s important followed by a video showing a poem that uses a lot of imagery. Thus leading into a discussion on how imagery affected the poem. It was discussed how the imagery not only allowed us to better visualize the poem but also used our 5 senses to allow us to feel a certain way. Imagery could also be images, the use of images could also make you feel a certain emotion. Overall this lesson introduced us to imagery, what it is, and why it’s important. This lesson also taught us that in poetry there are no rules. The writer can control punctuation, rhyme, and syllabic count to express his emotions or feelings. We had learnt this to incorporate these elements into our own poems. I will use imagery to better express myself and my emotions. Also to consider how I would want to divide my lines, or if I want to use a certain fixed rhythm pattern in my own poem.
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