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POETRY ANTHOLOGY

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This project will focus on poetry and the poetic devices used in creating poetry. You will be reading a variety of famous poems as well as creating your own poetry anthology!

Objective: Students will be able to express complex ideas sequentially using standard conventions and a broad range of new vocabulary, idioms, and figurative language with consistent tense usage.

Task: Create a poetry anthology composed of seven original poems and two classic poems that are meaningful to you. After you compile your anthology, you will present your best poem.

Content of Anthology:

*Compile anthology in the following order!

1. Cover Page

This page should include a title for your anthology, a simile or metaphor that shows

your personal feelings about poetry, a picture that depicts your simile/metaphor,

and your name.

2.  Cover Letter

The cover letter should be written to your language arts teacher and should

address the following questions:

-Intro: Overall what did you like/dislike about poetry unit? Why?

-What were your strongest/weakest poems? Explain.

-What were the hardest/easiest devices to use? Why?

-Did you find the poems we read in class helpful? Why or why not?

-Conclude: What are your final thoughts/feelings about this unit?

3.  Table of Contents

The table of contents should provide your reader with a complete listing of every

entry in your anthology. Use the following format guide:

Format for Original Poems: Format for Classic Poems: Format for Reflections:

Pg. #: Title of Poem Pg. #: “Title of Poem” Pg. #: Title of Reflection

Poetic Device Used: Author {Type of Review} for {Title of Poem}

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4.  Seven Original Poems

Each poem should be written neatly and should be illustrated with pictures that

reflect the theme of the poem. Each poem needs to include at least one type of

poetic device/figure of speech. Within your seven poems, at least seven different

devices/figures of speech should be evident. Examples of the technique should be

highlighted/underlined in the poem and the poetry technique you use should be

clearly written at the bottom of the page.

5.  Two Classic Poems of Your Choice

Each poem should be chosen from a book of poetry or from another person’s

collection. You will need to type or print a copy of the poem and illustrate

it with pictures or symbols reflecting the poem’s theme. You will write a reflection

for each poem explaining why you chose the poem and what it means to you. You

may write your reflection in one of the following formats:

o  A letter to a friend

o  A journal/diary entry

o  A newspaper column review

Within the reflection for each poem, several of the following questions should be

addressed. Each reflection should be at least 1/2 page long.

-What are the literal/interpretive meanings of the poem?

-Why did you choose to include this particular poem in your anthology?

(Think: As a reader, how and why did you relate to the poem?)

-What poetic devices does the author use? Are they effective? How? Why?

-What would this poem mean to another teenager?

(Think: How might a teen from a different culture/place relate or react to the poem?

-How does this poem relate to real life?

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Poetry Anthology Rubric

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FINAL GRADE: _____/100 points