6 May 2015
Bell Activity: JOURNAL 18 – 20+ complete lines. Write about
anything you choose. No ideas? Try one of the following:
Write a story
Describe a friend
Describe yesterday or today so far.
Describe where you eat lunch everyday, who eats with you, &
maybe what you like to eat for lunch…IN DETAIL
TODAY’S AGENDA:
SCORING JOURNALS
POETIC DEVICES THAT CREATE RHYTHMS
METER
ENJAMBMENT
POETRY STRUCTURES: stanza
FREE VERSE
TWO GENRES OF POETRY
LYRIC
NARRATIVE
After you finish writing today’s journal…
1. Write your heading on the journal scoring sheet
2. Gather all your journals together in chronological order
starting with Feb 4, 2015 (YOU MAY NOT INCLUDE ANY
JOURNALS WRITTEN BEFORE FEB 4, 2015).
3. Mark the left hand column of the scoring sheet for each entry
as: correct, incorrect or missing.
4. If you need to add margin numbers or change a date to match
the scoring sheet, add a line or two, go over an entry in blue or
black ink do so. HOWEVER, THESE CORRECTIONS SHOULD
HAVE BEEN MADE ALREADY, SO YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH
TIME.
5. Place your score sheet (with the left column completed ONLY)
on top of your journals (which are in chronological order) and
rotate them in your group.
SCORING:
Write your name under the owners heading.
You only need to score those journals marked as
“Correct”.
Credit is only given for journal lines that are
COMPLETE, in blue/black ink and numbered.
When you finish determine whether each entry is worth
2, 8 or 10 points, add up his/her points to get his/her
base score.
Wait for me to give you the above and beyond date.
POETIC DEVICES
Which create
RHYTHMS
Rhythm
The rhythm of language is created
by….
THE USE OF HARD AND SOFT
SOUNDING LETTERS
stressed and unstressed syllables
the length and complexity of the words
the length & complexity of sentences or
lines in poetry
ALL POETRY CONTAINS
RHYTHM
&
some poetry incorporates
specific, rhythmic
PATTERNS
METER
= rhythmic, repetitive pattern of
stressed/unstressed syllables in poetry.
When a poem follows a RHYTHMIC, REPETITIVE
PATTERN of stressed and unstressed syllables the
pattern is called the METER.
A Limerick is a type of poem which requires a very
specific, easily recognizable METER.
Cat Spat
There once were two cats from Kilkenny.
Each thought that was one cat too many,
So they started to fight
And to scratch and to bite—
Now, instead of two cats, there aren't any.
Turn to page 127 in the poetry anthology.
William Shakespeare was a master of
SONNETS: a 14 line poem with a specific
meter pattern & rhyme scheme
Sonnets typically use iambic pentameter and follow the
“ababcdcd...” rhyme scheme, which ends in a rhyming
couplet.
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When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
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I all alone beweep my outcast state,
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And troub’l deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
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And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Enjambment
The point where a poet ends one line and
drops down to start another without regard
for punctuation, meter or rhyme scheme.
Enjambment is using the white space of a poem,
the spaces in between and at the end of lines.
Compare “The Sloth” to “The Firefly” on page 78
Poetic Structures
• The structures in
prose are simple:
• The STRUCTURES in
POETRY are simple:
– Words
– Lines
– Stanzas
They are similar to
the structures used
in prose
– Words
– sentences
– Paragraphs
Stanzas
• A segregated group of lines in poetry.
What Bugs Me
When
When
When
When
my
my
my
my
teacher tells me to write a poem.
mother tells me to clean up my room.
sister practices her violin while I’m watching TV.
father tells me to turn off the TV and do my homework.
stanza
When my brother picks the fight and I have to go to bed early.
When my teacher asks me to get up in front of the class and read
the poem I wrote on the school bus.
stanza
In prose paragraphs are used to
separate the ideas,
in poetry stanzas are used.
Paragraphs = prose
Stanzas
= poetry
Stanza types
• Couplet = 2 lines
• Tercet or triplet = 3 lines
• Quatrain = 4 lines
Narrative
Poetry
=a
told in poetry form.
Narrative poems often have all
the elements of short stories
including characters, conflict
and plot.
ORANGES by Gary Soto
The first time I walked
with a girl, I was twelve,
cold, and weighted down
with two oranges in my jacket.
December. Frost cracking
beneath my steps, my breath
before me, then gone,
as I walked toward
her house, the one whose
porch light burned yellow
night and day, in any weather.
A dog barked at me, until
she came out pulling
at her gloves, face bright
with rouge. I smiled,
touched her shoulder, and led
her down the street, across
a used car lot and a line
of newly planted trees,
until we were breathing
before a drugstore. We
entered, the tiny bell
bringing a saleslady
down a narrow aisle of goods.
I turned to the candies
tiered like bleachers,
and asked what she wanted light in her eyes, a smile
starting at the corners
of her mouth. I fingered
a nickle in my pocket,
and when she lifted a chocolate
that cost a dime,
I didn’t say anything.
I took the nickel from
my pocket, then an orange,
and set them quietly on
the counter. When I looked up,
the lady’s eyes met mine,
and held them, knowing
very well what it was all
about.
Outside,
a few cars hissing past,
fog hanging like old
coats between the trees.
I took my girl’s hand
in mine for two blocks,
then released it to let
her unwrap the chocolate.
I peeled my orange
that was so bright against
the gray of December
that, from some distance,
someone might have thought
I was making a fire in my
hands.
Page 82
Lyric Poetry
is a
verse that
expresses the observations and
feelings of a
speaker.
Sunny Spring
By: Barbara Johnson
Sun shining
Green grass growing
Flowers fragrantly flowing
Robins returning
Chicadees chirping
Bouncing backyard balls
Swings sky sailing
Drops dripping down
Warm winds winding
Kids’ kites colliding
Children chasing children
Playgrounds, parks populated
Sunny spring shining
Poetry
• Poetry is literature which uses fewer words
to communicate; emphasizing emotions,
and imagery using poetic devices.
• Most poems were written to be read aloud.
• Poems may or may not rhyme, they may or
may not follow a formal structure.
Quick You-tube Review
Narrative or Lyric?
• Sonnet XXIX
– By William
Shakespeare
• Foul Shot
– By Edwin Hoey
“INSTRUCTIONS FOR A BAD DAY”
BY SHANE KOYCZAN.
This is a form of poetry called, “Performance or Spoken
Poetry”. The poet does not write the poem down for
publication.
The written form which I printed off for you and in the
youtube video is because someone else listened and
transcribed the poem.
The poem contains excellent instances of sound devices,
imagery, rhythm and simple rhymes.
It does not contain enjambment….why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXbPQi_xNiU