Tuesday, February 9, 2016
• You will need:
– Pencil/Pen and Highlighter
– Notebook/Paper
– CO: I will reflect on the images on the board and
create an emotional word poem and identify
objects poem.
– LO: I will write and discuss the emotional word
poem and object poem, and reflect on my work.
A Poem About Poetry
Poetry is ______________________________
Poetry is like___________________________
Poetry is about _________________________
Poetry is as important as__________________
Poetry is as pointless as___________________
Poetry means___________________________
Poetry is _______________________________
Vocabulary Notes
• Free Verse: describes poetry without a fixed
pattern of meter and rhyme
• Syntax = a system or orderly arrangement.
– Rules or patterns used in the formation of
sentences or phrases ex. grammar choice
• Stanza: Group of lines usually similar in length
and patter, that form a unit within a poem
• Rhyme scheme: a consistent pattern of rhyme
through a poem; abab/cdcd/efef/ghgh
Repetition
We Real Cool
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
-Gwendolyn Brooks
Image Poem
• Abstract Poems
– Senses: Taste, Touch, Smell, Sight, Hear
– Use image to create vivid sensory pictures
– Line out your poem to emphasize your ideas
– Experiment with forms of repetition
– Look at the pictures on the next slide and write
what ever comes to mind using your senses.
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