Poetry

1. Poetry 8th Grade English

2. Definition Jigsaw • In your group you each will be assigned a short list of terms to define, using the textbook. The majority of your terms can be found on pages 859-874. • You will then share your definitions with the other members of your group. • If done correctly, everyone will end up with all of the definitions.

3. “Casey at the Bat” • page 650-652 • Number the stanzas • While reading the poem, mark and label the text for the following: • Imagery= I • Metaphor= M • Onomatopoeia= O • Hyperbole= H • Repetition= Re • Rhyme= R • Approximate Rhyme=AR • Ticket out the door!

4. “A Valentine for Ernest Mann” • Number the stanzas • Underline and labeleach of the following: • Simile= S • Metaphor= M • Personification= P • Complete graphic organizer Ticket out the door!

5. “A Valentine for Ernest Mann” • NarrativeWritingAssessment: In the poem, “A Valentine for Ernest Mann,” the poet states that poetry is a gift. Write about an unusual gift you have given, or received. • You will create both a rough draft and a final draft. Your response should be a paragraph (7-10 sentences). Your paragraph will be assessed on the traits of ideas, voice, sentence fluency, and conventions.

6. Poetry Terms 1 Game Review • You may not use your notes. • Try your best. • If you don’t know one skip it and come back to it.

7. “Paul Revere’s Ride” • Number the Stanzas • Label the rhyme scheme for the first four stanzas. • Is there a pattern? • Paraphrase the stanzas assigned to your group on the chart provided. • State (write)the events that occurred in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. • Read the poem aloud in your groups. Now listen to the poem. How did Longfellow create the rhythm? • Ticket out the door!

8. “O Captain! My Captain!” • Define Elegy • Number the lines by fives • Paraphrase each stanza • Find the extended metaphor by: • Circle the word that symbolizes something else then explain, at the bottom of the page, what each word represents. • Ticket out the door!

9. “Cremation of Sam McGee” • Define Ballad • Mark the rhyme scheme for stanzas 1-5. • Underline the internal rhyme of stanzas 6-10. • Count out the number of syllables in each line of stanzas 2-3. • Define refrain. What is the refrain of this Ballad? • Ticket out the door!

10. Murder: So FoulSgt. James Lenihan • Number the Stanzas • Discuss the choice of the word murdered in stanzas 3 and Brother in stanza 6. Why do you think the author chose this vocabulary? • Circle the capitalized words that are not proper nouns. Why do you think the poet capitalizes these words? • Watch the clip from All Quiet on The Western Front and determine what common emotions both soldiers feel. Identify the common theme, citing evidence from the poem (stanza number). Write a paragraph.

11. May Hill’s Poems “The Click of the Garden Gate” and “The Casualties Were Small” • Number the stanzas • Label the rhyme scheme • On your own paper: • Write a one line summary of what each stanza is about. • Define the term casualty. • What is the purpose of the repeated phrase “the casualties were small”? • What is ironic about the title? • Does May Hill agree with this statement?

12. May Hill’s Poems “The Click of the Garden Gate” and “The Casualties Were Small” • Ticket out the door: What is the author’s purpose in writing each poem?

13. “Oranges” by Gary Soto • Number the lines by 5s. How many lines are in this poem? • Circle any words that refer to light. • Underline and label 2 examples of onomatopoeia. • Place brackets [ ] around the lines that contain a simile and label it. • Formulate some ideas as to what the images of light used in the poem might symbolize. Jot down your ideas at the bottom of the poem. • Analyze the poem’s structure. What type of poem is “Oranges”? Explain how you know. • Ticket out the door: What is the type of poem?

14. Robert Frost: Author biography and historical context. • Number the paragraphs. • Silently read the brief biography about the author/poet’s life. • Circle the years. • Number important events in Frost’s life that led him to become a famous poet. • Be prepared to share your markings with the class. • Complete the questions on his biography.

15. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost • Number the lines . • Underline the last word in every line. Mark the rhyme scheme. • Circle words or phrases that deal with travel or the road. • What does the road symbolize? • Be prepared to share your markings with the class. • Ticket out the door: What is the theme of this poem?

16. “I Choose the Mountain” Howard Simon • Read “I Choose the Mountain” • Number the lines • Label the Rhyme Scheme • What might the mountain symbolize? Complete the Explanatory writing task.

17. “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman • Number the lines by fives. • What type of poem is this? • What poetic devices are in this poem? Underline and label the examples you find. • Who is singing in this poem? • Why are these people singing? • What is the tone of “I Hear America Singing”? –Explain

18. “I Too Sing” by Langston Hughes • Read through the informational text. Number the paragraphs • Circle dates • Underline places • Box unfamiliar words • Highlight information relating to music. • Answer the questions about the informational text with complete sentences. • Number the lines. • Label the repetition, metaphor, and alliteration • Read the poem, Use the poem to answer the questions on the page.

19. Figurative Language Review • Link to prezi • http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Jan201003/game1263871251.php

20. The Sea • Number all of the lines. • Read the poem silently. • Complete the analysis, using your notes as needed.

21. Maya Angelou Biography • Number the paragraphs • Box places • Circle dates • Underline events that impacted her childhood. • Squiggly-line professional contributions.

22. Still I Rise by Maya Angelou • Number the stanzas. • Write the definition of Allusion • Allusion: a reference to another piece of literature, history, myths, or religion. • Mark the text for Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and Allusion • Fill in the chart by first defining each term and giving three examples for each.

23. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” William Wordsworth • Number the lines by 5’s • Mark the rhyme scheme for the entire poem. • Circle examples of Alliteration and Assonance, and label them. • Underline examples of Personification and Simile, and label them. • Fill in the chart listing the examples of the poetic devices you marked on the poem. • Be prepared to share you markings.

24. Daffodils Assessment • This is an assessment. • Each answer is worth five points. • Take your time! 

25. Independent Poem • Choose from the poems on the following pages: • 162 475 562 643 644 658 • Once you have selected the poem, read it silently and complete the analysis for it.

26. Simile and Metaphor • Read the poem “The Willow and Ginkgo” • Identify the similes and metaphors and answer the questions.

27. Poetry Project

28. Argumentative Assessment • Determine which poem, from those we have studied, contains a theme that best applies to a teenager’s life today.

29. Idioms (ppt) • A common expression understood figuratively, as the literal definition makes no sense. • Example: He’s head over heels in love with her. • Complete the “Science Idioms” worksheets independently. • Jigsaw Activity (With Idioms 1, 2, 3)

30. Idioms Illustration & Explanation • Choose an idiom from one of the worksheets and explain and illustrate the literal meaning. • At the top of your paper write the idiom, in the center create your illustration and at the bottom explain the literal meaning.

31. Figurative Language Illustration • Look back through all of our poems. • Choose two different types of figurative language: Simile, Metaphor, Idiom, or Personification. • Use those pieces of figurative language to create an illustration. • Write the figurative example on the illustration, the title of the poem and its author.

32. The Poemof Poop • What not to do.