1-Month Unit: Day 20
Agenda:
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Review Unit 8 Project Guidelines & Rubrics
Finalize Original Poetry
Select 2 "other" poems
Begin paragraph analysis
Exit Questions
Thoughts to start the day…
How do you know if a poem is in final form?
What must be included in your original poems?
Today’s Objectives:
SW:
• identify and determine the significance of poetic
devices and rhyme scheme used in a poem.
• analyze and write summaries of poems
• select and revise original poems for poetry
anthology.
Your poetry anthology:
Poetry Anthology Final Project Requirements
What is included in your anthology:
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Original poems written by you
2 poems written by other poets
Paragraph analysis responses
Title and cover page
Table of contents
8 original poems:
Paragraph analysis responses:
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These are poems written by YOU!
Can be poems written in class, on the unit, in
your spare time&
Must involve editing your work to create a
polished, final poem
All original poems must include at least 2
poetic devices
• Alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery,
metaphor, simile, personification,
symbolism...
Must include at least one elegy, one ode,
and one concrete poem.
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Once you have completed your polished original
poems and selected your 2 other poems,
it’s time to analyze
Select poems to analyze, one of the poems must
be from one of the other poets
Each analysis response will be at least 1
paragraph and you will answer:
• What poetic devices does the author use?
• How does the poet use these poetic
devices?
• What do you think is the meaning of the
poem and do you connect with it?
2 poems by other poets:
Title and cover page
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The purpose of this is to have 2 other pieces
of work that you like and feel connect with
your own work
You have the choice of any poet/poem, one
of the poems can be by a fellow scholar
peer,
but at least one poem must be by a
published poet
Books of poetry will be provided to select
from
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You will create a title for your anthology and
create a title page
Make sure this connects with your poetry!
Table of contents
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Anthologies are organized displays of work, so
you will have a table of contents
List your poems and the page number
Our focus for today!
Our Project Timeline...
(insert your class timeline here)
Original Poetry Checklist
Your poetry anthology needs to include at least 8
original poems written by you!
• Your original poems must include at least 2 poetic
devices
• Within your collection of original poems you must
have at least 1 ode, 1 elegy, and 1 concrete poem
• Your poems must show signs of revision/editing!
Make sure this is complete!!
Selecting your 2 other poems…
• Look in your Notes/Classwork sections to see if
there are any poems that stand out to you that you
want to include in your anthology
• You must include at least 2 poems from other poets
• You can use former scholar poetry or even poetry
written by scholars on your unit
• If you have a favorite poet we can look up his/her
poems online
• Check out the poetry anthologies on the bookshelf!
• These poems should fit in with your own original
poems
Some poets that
we've read...
Maya Angelou
Joaquin Zihuatanejo
Langston Hughes
Gwendolyn Brooks
Edgar Allen Poe
Ehtelbert Miller
Tupac
Dwayne Betts
Pablo Neruda
Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson
Andrew Gauldin
Lewis Carroll
Other scholars
…and the list goes
on!
Paragraph Analysis Rubric
What needs to be in your paragraph analysis?
1. Topic sentence: author's name, title of the poem, short
description of the meaning of the poem.
2. Identify at least 2 poetic devices the author uses, give
examples of these devices from the poem, and then explain
what these lines mean.
3. Identify the type of poem it is (if applicable)
4. Identify the mood of the poem.
5. Conclusion sentence: Summarize your thoughts and really
make sure you've explained the meaning of the poem.
**Remember, at least 1 of the poems you
analyze must be from
"another poet"
**You can analyze your own poetry!!
You can use the graphic organizer to help
write your analysis or you can just write on
loose leaf.
Before you leave…
*Make sure you keep your check list up to date!!
*Check in before you leave to show your progress!
You can earn up to 10 points a day for this project, so
you want to make sure to check in so you can earn your
10 points!!
Poetry Analysis
Poetry analysis responses are:
o At least 1 paragraph in length (5-7 sentences) and state the title of the
poem and the author’s name
Analysis paragraphs include:
o Paragraph analysis on at least 1 non-original poem
o Description of the poem’s meaning
o Identification of poetic devices used by the author
o Examples of how the author used such poetic devices
Completed Anthology
Wrap it up!
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