Aim: How can we use the poem, “This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams as inspiration for our own poems?
Do Now: WHOLE CLASS DISCUSSION
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.
For the Do Now for the first lesson of class, we were expected to talk about a time where we did something that was wrong, but did not feel bad about afterwards. Some people talked about a time where they borrowed their sister’s clothes without asking or played games on an account that was not theirs and ruined it.
Afterwards we spirit read the poem, “This is Just to Say”, by William Carlos Williams.
The poem described a letter Carlos William Williams wrote to his wife as an apology for eating her plums. Then, we read variations or parodies of “This is Just to Say”.
Your Turn Poem Challenge
For this part of this lesson we wrote poems similar to that of Carlos William Williams. The person who wrote the most poems in 5 minutes won their team points.
Imagery
The word ‘image’ is derived by the Latin word imago which means ‘picture’. By using imagery in poems, the reader is able to experience what the poet is feeling without using direct phrases such as “I was glad”
To further understand imagery in poetry we watched a video
Red Room Poetry Object Poetic Device #2: Imagery | ClickView
We read short poems to see imagery in their element. The poem:
the clouds collapsed,
They’re touching the ground
Trying to come alive,
but they can’t
Shows desperation and hopelessness using the landscape the poet sees.
To wrap this lesson we read and annotate “Fast Break” by Edward Hirsch. The poem described the tension and determination in playing basketball. We then filled out a chart identifying literary devices and imagery that ties into the main theme of the poem.
A hook shot kisses the rim and
hangs there, helplessly, but doesn’t drop,
and for once our gangly starting center
boxes out his man and times his jump
perfectly, gathering the orange leather
from the air like a cherished possession
and spinning around to throw a strike
to the outlet who is already shoveling
an underhand pass toward the other guard
scissoring past a flat-footed defender
who looks stunned and nailed to the floor
in the wrong direction, trying to catch sight
of a high, gliding dribble and a man
letting the play develop in front of him
in slow motion, almost exactly
like a coach’s drawing on the blackboard,
both forwards racing down the court
the way that forwards should, fanning out
and filling the lanes in tandem, moving
together as brothers passing the ball
between them without a dribble, without
a single bounce hitting the hardwood
until the guard finally lunges out
and commits to the wrong man
while the power-forward explodes past them
in a fury, taking the ball into the air
by himself now and laying it gently
against the glass for a lay-up,
but losing his balance in the process,
inexplicably falling, hitting the floor
with a wild, headlong motion
for the game he loved like a country
and swiveling back to see an orange blur
floating perfectly through the net.
First Anthology Pastime Poem Homework
For homework we had to write a 20 line free verse poem about a pastime we enjoy.
Lesson 5
Aim: How has poetic expression evolved in the 21st century?
Do Now: TEAM DISCUSSION
With your TEAMS discuss the following; Do you believe technology and the 21st century are ruining literature as we know it? Why or why not?
We discussed the direction literature is taking in the 21st century. Some believed that technology and the 21st century are not hurting literature as it helps spread literature more easily and can serve as inspiration. On the contrary, technology and the 21st century can easily spread misinformation and the gradual change in language can change the structure of literature and end up ruining literature.
Micro Poems and Rupi Kaur
To start off we watched a video of Rupi Kaur discussing her success from self-publishing to New York Times bestseller. Her poetry collection such as The Sun and Her Flowers and Milk & Honey showcase her micropoems and artwork.
Rupi Kaur Reads Timeless from Her Poetry Collection The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur writes micropoetry which is a type of poem that is short and brief to read.
Spirit Reading
Finding Poetry
Poetry can be found online in instagram caption, tweets, and song lyrics.
Ex:
“One taught me love,
one taught me patience,
one taught me pain,
now I’m so amazing.”
-Ariana Grande
Epic Poetry: A type of classical poetry that is a long narrative poem centered around heroic deeds or important cultural events
#MicroPoem Challenge
We individually wrote a micropoem in the style of an instagram caption or tweet using the word pool we wrote for homework. The prompts were
#highschool #freshmanyear #teenagelife
Reflection
From this lesson I learned the importance of using imagery in poetry to further verbalize an experience or an emotion. While a poem can easily state the purpose, adding imagery allows the reader to see from the same lense as the poet. The use of imagery along with inspiration gained from other poets or the world surrounding you can help you successfully write poems for yourself. Additionally, this lesson showed the development in literature. As time goes on, the language we use and the values we hold change. Even though the structure of modern poems are different from those of classical poems, the purpose to self-express continues.
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