Five S Day 2
Task:
Find a poem you think is smart, moving, witty, inspired, wacky, cool, offensive, beautiful, inventive,
heartbreaking or whatever – just one you dig.
Read it; interpret it; analyse it.
You can find your poem in our textbook, one of my books, or on the web at one of these sites:
www.poetryfoundation.org www.poets.org writersalmanac.publicradio.org
Part 1:
Find a poem you like. Read it. Read it to yourself. Read it to one another. Read it to a bird. Whatever. Just read it
a few times, and then make a photocopy of it or print it out.
Part 2:
Five-S it. Thoroughly.
Part 3:
Answer the following questions using the stems provided. Be thoughtful in your response.
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I chose the poem __________ because ____________.
It is mostly about ____________ and ______________.
I think it means that ____________________________.
I know this because ___________ and especially the lines _________________________________ and
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One thing I noticed about the poem that helped me make meaning is
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MODEL:
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I chose the poem Storm Warnings because it seemed like a nice poem I could
connect with.
It is mostly about watching a storm come in and thinking about how similar it is to
problems in life.
I think it means that people have to endure their problems and heartaches the
same way we do storms of the seasons.
I know this because the speaker draws a comparison between the outside weather
and the weather in our lives.
The lines “Weather abroad/ And weather in the heart alike come on/ Regardless
of prediction” and
“We can only close the shutters” helped me come to this conclusion.
One other thing I noticed about the poem that helped me make meaning is how the line at the
end of each stanza is shorter than the rest, and how they’re all important
lines to the meaning of the poem.
Part 4:
Reflection: Answer the following:
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Which 'S' helps you make meaning the most?
Which 'S' helps you make meaning the least?
Which ‘S’ do you need help with?