Rhythm of Poetry
Day 2Is it important???
Day 1= What IS poetry?
Day 3= What makes it “good?”
Day 4= The Effects of Poetry
Day 5= What will your verse be?
Our definition from
yesterday:
5 minutes
• Poetry is “A creative form of transformative (art) with
endless possibilities that gives a unique way of
expressing yourself and the things around you.”
• How can mediums, other than writing, be “poetic?”
• Journal: Where do you see poetry in the world around
you (the conventional definition OR our definition)
• Journal: why do YOU think we read and write poetry?
In other words. . .
2 minutes
• “Poetry is a form of expressive writing that
can be enhanced visually, musically or
kinesthetically to convey a particular theme.”
• Transformative, creative, possibilities, unique,
things around you <- how can these concepts be
integrated into the definition above?
Journal your thoughts. .
.(what do you think, how
do you feel?)
10 minutes
• "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We
read and write poetry because we are members of the
human race. And the human race is filled with passion.
And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are
noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry,
beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
To quote from Whitman, 'O me, O life of the questions
of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless.
Of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O
me, O life? Answer: that you are here. That life exists and
identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may
contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on, and
you may contribute a verse.' What will your verse be?" Dead Poet's Society
What does it mean?
5 minutes
• "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read
and write poetry because we are members of the human
race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine,
law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and
necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love,
these are what we stay alive for.
• To quote from Whitman, 'O me, O life of the questions of
these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless. Of cities
filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer: that you are here. That life exists and identity. That
the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a
verse.' What will your verse be?" -Dead Poet's Society
Is it poetic?
5 minutes
• "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and
write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the
human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business,
engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
To quote from Whitman, 'O me, O life of the questions of these
recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless. Of cities filled with
the foolish. What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer: that you
are here. That life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes
on, and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on,
and you may contribute a verse.' What will your verse be?" -Dead
Poet's Society
• Yes. . .
• No. . .
How does this quote
impact identity?
3 minutes
• "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We
read and write poetry because we are members of the
human race. And the human race is filled with passion.
And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are
noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry,
beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
To quote from Whitman, 'O me, O life of the questions
of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless.
Of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O
me, O life? Answer: that you are here. That life exists and
identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may
contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on, and
you may contribute a verse.' What will your verse be?" Dead Poet's Society
What does this quote tell us about humanity?/
How could it impact our world?
5 minutes
• "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We
read and write poetry because we are members of the
human race. And the human race is filled with passion.
And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are
noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry,
beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
To quote from Whitman, 'O me, O life of the questions
of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless.
Of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O
me, O life? Answer: that you are here. That life exists and
identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may
contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on, and
you may contribute a verse.' What will your verse be?" Dead Poet's Society
Is poetry important?
10 minutes
• The quote says “yes” and yet, this is the
smallest class in the camp (even though it’s
the COOLEST!) ;D
• What turns people AWAY from poetry?
• Why do so many people dislike (even HATE
poetry?)
• Do YOU think it’s important?
Is poetry important?
45 minutes
• Jay Z
• Business dude
• Huffington Post Article
• Why Poetry?
• As we look at each of these, journal EVERY REASON
THAT YOU HEAR/READ about WHY poetry is
important. . . .
• In each example, how do poetry and identify affect
one another?
Performance Task
30 minutes
• Funding has been subtracted from the school
budget and the school board has to decide what
programs to cut. In exchange for keeping math
and science, they are looking to get rid of the
poetry classes! They claim that, “poetry is too
abstract and that it does not apply to real-world
jobs.” They also claim that, “it does not have
anything to do with math or science” (areas that
the school needs to improve on.)
• Your task is to come up with an argument for or
against keeping poetry in the school system.
Don’t forget. . .
• Don’t forget to include our essential
understandings in your argument:
• 1. Identity affects art.
• 2. Art affects identity.
• 3. Art and humanity share an interdependent
relationship?
• You will each present your argument and the
most convincing will receive a prize tomorrow!
;D
Extra time?
• Based on our tiny class size, interest in poetry for
kids is decreasing!  Create posters and
advertisements that help bring interest in poetry
to your peers.
• Think about things you’ve learned from this class. .
.
• Think about what kids your age like, how does
poetry play a role in that? . . .
• Your posters should be colorful, neat, AND FUN!
Wrap up. . .
3-5 minutes
• Is poetry important?
• Why/Why not? (Think individual, local, global)
• How did poetry affect the identity of the
examples we’ve looked at?
• How did the people we looked at impact
poetry?
• How does poetry affect humanity?
Be thinking for
tomorrow. . .
• Tomorrow we’re going to talk about the effect
the poetry has had on humanity, so start
thinking of songs that you KNOW have
transformed you, the world around you, or
society as a whole. It can be popular songs
that have changed your peers, or songs from
WAY back in history. . . Be ready to discuss.