Poetry
In your books:
1) BIG heading: POETRY
2) Write a definition in your books:
Poetry is ...
Test your definition:
Look at the poems around the room - you’ll need to get
out of your seats.
On a new page, copy and complete the table:
Find a poem
that:
Best matches
your definition
Doesn’t match
your definition
You found most
interesting
You liked the
least
Title/poet:
Why?
Poetry is a way of seeing…
…from a different point of view
…noticing the beautiful…
…and…
…stopping a moment in time and
capturing it in words
…the ugly…
…the strange…
…or things that don’t belong together
…thinking about relationships
…or how others see us
…seeing where something leads
…and thinking about those who
came before us,
and what they’ve left behind.
Take time to think, dream and imagine.
Why Study Poetry?
• Poetry helps you understand difficult
language
• Poetry makes you think
• Poetry helps you see the world in different
ways
• Poetry helps you express difficult ideas
Task:
• Google classroom
• Create a shape poem, following all of the
instructions