Name:_______________________________________________ ELA:_______
Due Date:___________
January Read-and-Rate Genre Assignment: Poetry
Common Core Standards:
7.R.L.2 Determine two or more themes in a text (poem)
7.R.L.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and
connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a
specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
7.R.L.5 Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure contributes to its meaning.
Text Options: Choose one of the following to read (poems from the literature book or a novel in verse)
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Read five poems from red literature book: “To You” by Langston Hughes, “The World is Not a Pleasant
Place to Be” by Nikki Giovanni, “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, “Jabberwocky” by Lewis
Carroll, and “Sarah Cynthia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out” by Shel Silverstein
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman (need to purchase for $5 from Scholastic)
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (We have some copies that can be borrowed or you can purchase for $4
from Scholastic)
Inside Out & Back Again by (need to purchase for $4 from Scholastic)
Love that Dog by Sharon Creech (need to purchase for $4 from Scholastic)
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (need to purchase for $11 from Amazon)
Serafina’s Promise by Ann E. Bug (need to purchase for $5 from Scholastic)
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (need to purchase for $10 from Amazon)
Like Water on Stone by Dana Walrath (need to purchase for $10 from Amazon)
Grow by Juanita Havill (need to purchase for $8 from Amazon)
Assignment Requirements:
1. Part One: Fill out analytical graphic organizer
2. Part Two: Write an original poem, imitating the author’s style
Name(s):___________________________________________________________________ ELA:______
RUBRIC FOR GRADING
Project includes all requirements: analytical organizer filled out thoroughly and accurately, original poem is
creative and imitates the author(s) style(s).
Project/Assignment shows understanding of the poems/novel in its entirety. (It is clear that you read all of the
poems or the entire novel, and that you understood them.)
Project is turned in on time and neat in appearance.
Final Grade:_________________Comments:
Name:_____________________________________________________________
ELA:____________
Poetry Analysis Organizer: Poem #1 from Literature Book
Title of Poem:_____________________________________________ Author:_________________________
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Speaker
(Voice that tells the story)
Form
How many lines?
How does the form
contribute to the meaning
(help create meaning or
have an effect on the
story/ideas)?
Sound
Rhyming (Is there
rhyming? If so, list two
examples.)
Repetition (Is there
repetition? If so, list two
examples and explain how
the repetition affects the
meaning.)
Which sound devices are
used in the poems/novel?
(alliteration, consonance,
assonance,
onomatopoeia)
Find and list at least two
examples of sound devices
Imagery
Find and list at least two examples.
Language that appeals to
the reader’s five senses
(sight, hearing, smell,
taste, touch)
Figurative Language
Circle one:
simile, metaphor,
personification
Theme(s)
Find and list at least one example.
How many stanzas?
Name:_____________________________________________________________
ELA:____________
Poetry Analysis Organizer: Poem #2 from Literature Book
Title of Poem:_____________________________________________ Author:_________________________
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Speaker
(Voice that tells the story)
Form
How many lines?
How does the form
contribute to the meaning
(help create meaning or
have an effect on the
story/ideas)?
Sound
Rhyming (Is there
rhyming? If so, list two
examples.)
Repetition (Is there
repetition? If so, list two
examples and explain how
the repetition affects the
meaning.)
Which sound devices are
used in the poems/novel?
(alliteration, consonance,
assonance,
onomatopoeia)
Find and list at least two
examples of sound devices
Imagery
Find and list at least two examples.
Language that appeals to
the reader’s five senses
(sight, hearing, smell,
taste, touch)
Figurative Language
Circle one:
simile, metaphor,
personification
Theme(s)
Find and list at least one example.
How many stanzas?
Name:_____________________________________________________________
ELA:____________
Poetry Analysis Organizer: Novel in Verse
Title of Poem:_____________________________________________ Author:_________________________
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Speaker
(Voice that tells the story)
Form
How many pages?
Are there separate poems? If so, how many are there?
How are the poems organized?
How does the form
contribute to the meaning
(help create meaning or
have an effect on the
story/ideas)?
Sound
Rhyming (Is there
rhyming? If so, list four
examples in MLA format.)
Repetition (Is there
repetition? If so, list four
examples in MLA format
and then explain how the
repetition affects the
meaning.)
Which sound devices are
used in the poems/novel?
(alliteration, consonance,
assonance,
onomatopoeia)
Find and list at least four
examples of sound devices
in MLA format
Imagery
Find and list at least four examples in MLA format.
Language that appeals to
the reader’s five senses
(sight, hearing, smell,
taste, touch)
Figurative Language
Circle one:
simile, metaphor,
personification
Theme(s)
Find and list at least two examples in MLA format.