Aim: How can we define the literacy value of poetry?
Do Now: Class discussion: Consider your prior experiences you’ve had when reading poetry (good and bad).
Then we had to watch this Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwhouCNq-Fc.
It talked about poems and the definition of poetry and what makes a poem a poem.
People often falsely believe that poems HAVE to rhyme. This is not the case! The poems we are working with today are considered to be free verse. The term “free verse” describes poetry without a fixed pattern of meter and rhyme.
Free Verse- poetry without a fixed pattern of meter and rhyme.
Video about free-verse poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnlwOn94uJs
This video explained what free-verse poetry is and how it’s created and examples of some free-verse poetry.
Stop this day and night with me, and you
shall possess the origin of all poems;
You shall possess the good of the earth and
sun... (there are millions of sun left,)
You shall no longer take things at second or
third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead,
nor feed on the spectres in books;
You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me,
You shall listen to all sides, and filter them from yourself.
- Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself, ” (Section 2) Leaves of Grass
This is an example of a poem that doesn’t rhyme by Walt Whitman.
And it was at that age … poetry arrived
in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where
it came from, from winter or a river.
I don’t know how or when,
5 no they were not voices, they were not
words, nor silence,
but from a street I was summoned,
from the branches of night,
abruptly from the others,
10 among violent fires
or returning alone,
there I was without a face
and it touched me.
I did not know what to say, my mouth
15 had no way
with names,
my eyes were blind,
and something started in my soul,
fever or forgotten wings,
20 and I made my own way,
deciphering
that fire,
and I wrote the first faint line,
faint, without substance, pure
25 nonsense,
pure wisdom
of someone who knows nothing,
and suddenly I saw
the heavens
30 unfastened and open,
planets
palpitating plantations,
shadow perforated,
riddled
35 with arrows, fire, and flowers,
the winding night, the universe.
And I, infinitesimal being,
drunk with the great starry
void,
40 likeness, image of mystery,
felt myself a pure part
of the abyss,
I wheeled with the stars,
my heart broke loose on the wind.
We had to annotate his poem and look for diction, imagery, figurative language, and other literacy elements. When completing this we went into breakout rooms and we discussed the things that we annotated.
My group’s chart:
In the breakout groups, we also had to fill out a chart that has the view of the class’s thoughts on poetry. Neruda and Walt Whitman’s, poets, view on poetry. Then we had to come up with a final definition of poetry from which everything we discuss.
The class then went over our Poem Anthology Project that’s due in a month. We then went over the requirements for the project and the rubric.
Your anthology MUST INCLUDE:
A Creative Cover, with Image(s), a Title, which clearly identifies your First and Last Name, period, TEAM NAME and Cycle Letter.NOTE: Cover pages DO NOT get page numbers and slides are not page numbers!
A Table of contents, clearly identifying each poem type and title and the page number where it can be found. [(1) Free Verse, (2) Extended Metaphor, and (3) Shakespearean Sonnet. NOTE: Cover pages DO NOT get page numbers and slides are not page numbers!
An Introduction to the collection, explaining the basis for your poem choices.
Your extended metaphor must be annotated. If you provide a clean version of your Extended Metaphor (meaning without annotations first) and you choose to do the annotations separately, then make sure your annotations follow immediately on the next page. Highlight and Annotate some of your poetic choices just like we did in class, and explain the reason behind them. Note: Annotations SHOULD NOT be provided in the comments section! If using Google Slides, you can insert text boxes. If using Google Docs, you can insert your poem on one side into a table, and for the columns next to each line insert your annotations.
All 3 original poems should include complementary visuals/images/drawings. NOTE: On your poem pages, you must have both the title and the poem type provided.
Your last page must include a reflection that explains the experience of creating poetry along with a discussion of the style, language choices, and thematic intent of your poems at the conclusion of your anthology.
Reminders:
Don't forget you have your WordPool as inspiration (you don't have to use it, but don't forget about it).
Additionally, it is very helpful for you to: 1) open a blank Google Doc, 2) go back through each lesson and copy the main points from each lesson, as well as the links/videos, so 3) you can use this doc as a guide while you are constructing your own poetry.
Punctuation Assistance: I suggest reading your poems aloud, and when you stop, that's your body telling you it needs some form of punctuation. It’s the equivalent of your body taking a breath, which is what punctuation actually is.
Project Assistance: Make sure to use font sizes, font and background colors that are acceptable for reading/grading. Keep in mind that projects are not graded in presentation mode, therefore, it remains the size as if you are constructing the document. Additionally, when choosing font and background colors be sure to choose contrasting colors. In other words: Dark Background with light font OR Light Backgrounds with Dark Font, to maximize readability.
Project Tools: Rhymezone Find rhymes, synonyms, adjectives, and more!
Reflection: I learned about the different types of poetry there are and how there are different elements and parts that go into a poem to complete it. I learned it because it will help me be a better writer overall and have a wider thought process on written work if it ties in with some aspects of a poem. I will use it in this following project and try to create an enticing and creative poem with the knowledge I’ve acquired from this lesson.
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