Warm-Up
• Correct these sentences: (18 mistakes)
(subject-verb agreement, proper noun, underline, comma,
quotation mark, apostrophe)
1. our class sometimes go to the school library
to read newsweek a magazine of current
events
2. mystery theater a popular television series
recently put on a play based on a short story
called the monkeys paw.
Poetry Notes
• Glue these in the fifth (last) section of your
spiral “Toolbox/Notes”
• Refer to them when necessary
• **I’m grading Warm-Ups Friday! You should
have 12 warm-ups since I last graded them
Poetry Portfolio Project Rubric
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Look through the rubric
Do you have any questions?
Does it make sense?
Do you know what you need to have by the
end of the project?
Unearthing Meaning
• “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by
Dylan Thomas
– What is the meaning of the poem?
– How does repetition emphasize meaning in the
poem?
– What does the line “Do not go gentle into that good
night” really mean?
– What does the line “Rage, rage against the dying of
the light mean?
– What unspoken beliefs about life does the speaker
hold?
Unearthing Meaning
• “Me Against the World” by Tupac Shakur
– What is the meaning of the poem?
– What forces create the “Me against the world”
situation in the poem?
– How does Tupac suggest we overcome oppression?
– Why would the poet tell the reader to “Be grateful for
your blessings (line 8)?”
– What does the poet mean when he insists the listener
should not “ever change/keep your essence (line 9)?”
Poetry Writing Exercise
• Anaphora: the repetition of a word or phrase
at the beginning of a line
– Ex: each use of the phrase “I am” reveals
something about the speaker’s identity
• “I am” poem of your own
– Rough draft
– Peer review
– Final copy
Punctuation Marks
• Add these notes to the last section of your
spiral “Toolbox/Notes”
• I expect you to properly use all semicolons,
colons, dashes, and parenthesis
– If you are going to use these elements make sure
to check your notes (this paper) to ensure you are
using them correctly!
Punctuation Examples
• With your partner create one sentence per
element CORRECTLY using the punctuation
• Put the punctuation in a different color than the
sentences
– For example: I like tamales; chicken tamales are my
favorite
• You should have four sentences:
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One using a semicolon
One using a colon
One using a dash
One using parenthesis