8th Grade Language Arts
Unit 5: Poetry, Pronoun review, Verb use, Poem
Poetry: Language of Literature pp. 187-191
Selections:
1. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." Robert Frost (LIT 390; IR 162)
2. "The Charge of the Light Brigade." Alfred, Lord Tennyson (LIT 197)
3. "The Ballad of the Harp Weaver." Edna St. Vincent Millay (LIT 647)
4. "Mother to Son." Langston Hughes (LIT 192)
5. "Speech to the Young." Gwendolyn Brooks (LIT 192)
6. "Simile: Willow and Gingko." Eve Merriam (LIT 215)
7. "A Loaf of Poetry." Naoshi Koriyama (LIT 215)
8. "Fear." Gabriela Mistral (LIT 367)
9. "Identity." Julio Noboa (LIT 367)
Vocabulary:
alliteration
ballad
epic
figurative language
form
free verse
imagery
league
line
metaphor
meter
ode
personification
repetition
rhyme
rhyme scheme
rhythm
simile
sonnet
sound
speaker
stanza
symbol
Grammar:
pronoun review
verb use
irregular verbs
Questions:
1. What is rhyme scheme? Use a stanza from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
to explain rhyme scheme.
2. What is imagery? Use a poem we read in class to discuss how imagery affects the senses?
3. What is free verse? Use a poem we read in class to discuss the use of the free verse form.
4. What is figurative language? Use a poem we read in class to discuss the use of at least two
kinds of figurative language.
5. What is a symbol? Use a poem we read in class to discuss the use of symbolism.
Writing: Write a poem. (see rubric)