Mrs. Whitlock’s ELA POETRY PACKET NAME: CLASS PERIOD:
Packet Explanation: Students will complete each of the activities in the packet on the day it is due. The teacher will walk around the classroom noting whether or not the students has completed the day’s work and recording a compliance or non-compliance daily grade. This unit lasts 10 days, and students will have at least six daily compliance grades connected to it.
Poetry Bag Explanation: (major grade)
You will select two poems from the books or poems in the room, from the internet search you can do at home, or from a book of your choice. You must choose school-appropriate poems. You will copy the two poems (handwritten neatly or typed—no photocopies) and back them with colored construction paper. You will then write a three to five sentence reaction to each poem with a reference to how you liked the poem and one figurative language device used by the poet. That recommendation will also be backed with construction paper. See the photo of a sample on the next page. Illustrations are optional.
The second requirement is that you will write four original lines of poetry using a pattern of meter, a rhyme scheme, and at least one figurative language device. You will mark your meter, your rhyme scheme, and your figurative language.
Note: Poetry Bag will contain 2 poems with your reaction to each, one original 4 line poem annotated with required elements, and a 3x5 index card with the student’s name and class period. Please do not write on the bag. Your two warm-up poems cannot be used here.
SAMPLE POETRY BAG EXAMPLE
RUBRIC FOR POETRY BAG ACTIVITY
3 x 5 index card with name and class period / 1 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 8 / 10First poem selected
· Quality of selection / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· Neatness / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· Construction paper backing / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· 3-5 sentence reaction statements / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· Explanation of figurative language / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Second poem selected
· Quality of selection / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· Neatness / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· Construction paper backing / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· 3-5 sentence reaction statements / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· Explanation of figurative language / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Original Poem
· Contains 4 or more lines / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· Neatness / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· Marked meter / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· Marked rhyme scheme / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
· Marked example of figurative language / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Day 1: November 7, 2011
Warm-Up: Please use the following instructions to write an autobiographical poem.
Line 1: Your name
Line 2: 3 personal characteristics or physical traits
Line 3: Brother or sister of _____ (or son or daughter of)
Line 4: Who loves (3 people, things or ideas)
Line 5: Who feels ____ about ____ (1 emotion about 1 thing)
Line 6: Who needs (3 things you need)
Line 7: Who gives (3 objects you share)
Line 8: Who fears (3 items)
Line 9: Who'd like to see (1 place or person)
Line 10: Who dreams of (1 item or idea)
Line 11: A student of (your school or teacher's name)
Line 12: Nickname or repeat your first name
Sample Poem – Mrs. McKinney
Suzy McKinney
Short, energetic, leader
Sister of Tracey and Wendy; mother of Brad and Brooke
Who loves family, friends, and my job
Who feels excitement about snow skiing
Who needs sunshine, love, friendship
Who gives time to others, gifts to children, love to animals
Who fears cancer, roaches, scary movies
Who’d like to see Italy
Who dreams of traveling more
Principal of Lake Belton Middle School
Suz
Please write your own autobiographical poem on the next page.
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Textbook Activity: page 578-79
1. “What is Poetry?”
2. Define stanza:
3. Note: Poets often use first person in a poem without suggesting that the poem is autobiographical.
4. What is another way to say “lettuce alone”?
5. Read “Losing Face,” page 579, then explain how the speaker of the poem drew the picture that won the prize.
6. Why does the speaker of “Losing Face” not want to admit what she has done?
Day 2. Rhyme, Meter, and Figurative Language in Poetry pp. 580-83 November 8, 2011
1. Write the definition given in the textbook for each of the following:
Rhyme:
Meter:
Alliteration:
Refrain:
Simile:
Personification:
Metaphor:
Hyperbole:
2. Read “Fireworks” and record two good examples of alliteration.
3. Read “Like Bookends,” then cite one example of alliteration.
4. Read “Like Bookends,” then cite one simile.
5. Read “Like Bookends,” then cite one example of a simile.
6. Read “Like Bookends,” then cite one example of a metaphor.
Day 3. Introduction of Poetry Blog Board (November 9, 2011)
Warm Up: Students will open their books and read “Analysis of Baseball,” p. 586.
Define onomatopoeia:
List five pairs of rhyming words from the poem (example: mitt/hits):
List five lines that use alliteration from the poem (example: hit ball, bat)
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Summarize the main idea of the poem (GIST-type statement):
Explain how the spacing of “Alone,” pp. 588-89 feels to you.
Write a GIST-type statement for “Alone”:
Students will be invited to read the poetry on the board and respond to what they do or do not like about the poem (on a post-it note). They will also identify figurative language and rhyme and meter for each poem and place discoveries on post-it notes.
Note: We have a STAAR workday in the red notebook on November 10.
Day 4. November 11, 2011
Warm-Up: This poem uses the five senses: Sight, taste, smell, hearing, and touch. You choose an emotion like love, happiness, fear, anger, etc. Then follow this formula:
Line 1: Tell what color the emotion is.
Line 2: Tell what the emotion sounds like. (hearing).
Line 3: Tell what it tastes like. (taste)
Line 4: Tell what it smells like. (smell)
Line 5: Tell what the emotion looks like. (sight)
Line 6: Tell how it makes you feel
Example:
Anger
Anger is the color of fire.
It sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.
It tastes like hot chili
And smells like rotten eggs
Anger looks like an elephant jumping up and down.
It makes you feel tired.
Line 1:
Line 2:
Line 3:
Line 4:
Line 5:
Line 6:
When you finish, read the following poems, select two, and then answer the questions provided.
“Life Doesn’t Frighten Me,” pp. 290-92
“On Turning Ten,” pp. 293-94
“The Village Blacksmith,” pp. 596-97
1st Poem Title Selected:
GIST Statement for the Poem:
Explanation of two poetic techniques (meter, rhyme, alliteration, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, etc.) used in the poem (be specific/cite examples):
Your personal reaction to the poem in about three sentences:
2nd Poem Title Selected:
GIST Statement for the Poem:
Explanation of two poetic techniques (meter, rhyme, alliteration, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, etc.) used in the poem (be specific/cite examples):
Your personal reaction to the poem in about three sentences:
Days 5 and 6. Poetry Bag Project Work Day (November 14 and November15)
The classroom will have index cards, construction paper, markers, colored pencils, glue, scissors, and books of poems available. Students may bring any supplies or poems from home that they would like to use. Each student will be issued a large ziplock bag which will be loaned to him or her for the project. Students will have two days to complete the poetry bag project. They are encouraged to work at home also; the project must be finished to turn in Friday, November 18 if the student is to be able to participate in the Poetry Café day. Students who have not finished will go to GCS to finish the project Friday.
Day 7. Explore Poetry/Subject-Verb Agreement (November 16)
Read “Night Journey,” p. 618
List three examples of alliteration in “Night Journey” (example: mountain mist):
Explain the metaphor in line 6 in “Night Journey”:
Notice the onomatopoeia and onomatopoeic words in the poem (straining, blazing, rush). Find at least two other words like this.
React to the poem—what did you like about it or not like about it?
Next – please open your books to page 671 for practice on subject-verb agreement.
Day 8. STAAR Poetry Activity (November 17)
Day 9. Poetry Café (November 18)
· Poetry bag due
· Project sharing day
· Capri Sun and snacks for eating during sharing