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Create a group of four or five. This project will require homework. Choose
individuals you can work with it. Choose a group that will stay focused. This is
worth 100 points (major assessment)!
We will do anonymous group evaluations; these will be included in your project
grade. Make sure you are on task and giving your best effort!
Decide which “poet group” you would like to research and teach to the class. This is
“first come/first serve.” Use p. 1271 in the Gold Book and p. 1197 in the Red Book
to find your poets and the poems!
 New England Romantic Poets: Henry Longfellow , William Cullen Bryant, and
Oliver Holmes
 American Masters: Walt Whitman, Edgar Allen Poe, Stephen Crane, and Robert
Frost
 Women Who Rocked the Poetry Boat: Emily Dickinson, Philis Wheatley, and
Anne Bradstreet
 The Modern Poets: Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, and e.e.
cummings
 The Harlem Renaissance Poets: Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Countee
Cullen
 Contemporary Male Poets: W.H. Auden, Theodore Roethke, Billy Collins, and
Richard Wilbur
 Contemporary Female Poets: Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rita Dove, and
Maya Angelou
You will need to make a PowerPoint that contains the following information. If we
are unable to get into the computer lab, you will use posters to display the
information:
 Information Slide for EACH Poet: 10 Key Facts (background, inspiration,
education, interesting information, etc.) and an image of the poet
 One “best example” of each poet’s work (include the entire poem on the slide)
 An analysis of the poem
 What is the poem describing/discussing?
 Discuss at least three language devices that are used in the poem(simile,
metaphor, rhyme, personification, imagery, meter, onomatopoeia,
alliteration, etc.)?
 A Comparison and Contrast of the poets you researched. How are they similar?
How are they different?
 Best Poet: Of the poets you studied, which poet did you like the best? Why? (If
group members chose different poets, you may discuss multiple poets.)
 Work Cited Slide containing information about where the poet facts and images
came from
Day One1.
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Choose a group
Choose a group of poets
Write down 10 facts for each poet
Decide which poems you will use (one for each poet)
Read the poems
Complete the analysis for each poem (meaning and literary devices)
Write down how the poems are similar/dissimilar
Choose your favorite poet
Day Two1. Using your notes from yesterday and the PowerPoint template, make your slide
show.
2. Find images for your poets; add them to the slide show.
3. Add sources to the Work Cited slide for any information found outside of the
textbooks.
Day Three
1. Present Power Points
Poetry Group Teaching Rubric (100)
Information (35)
10 Facts per poet (20)
Poet Images (5)
Work Cited Slide (5)
Copy of Poem (5)
Analysis (45)
Meaning of Poem (10)
3 Literary Devices Identified
and Analyzed (15)
Best Poet Slide (10)
Compare/Contrast Slide (10)
Appearance (10)
Slides are neat, free of errors,
and easy to read
Presentation (10)
All members Participate
Professional (familiar with
slides, volume, smooth
transitions)