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Please Do Now:. Why are words powerful? Give an example of a time when words made a difference in your life. What are your feelings towards poetry? Do you enjoy reading poetry? Writing poetry? Why/why not?. Write and Discuss:.

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  1. Please Do Now: Why are words powerful? Give an example of a time when words made a difference in your life. What are your feelings towards poetry? Do you enjoy reading poetry? Writing poetry? Why/why not?

  2. Write and Discuss: • What are some of your most vivid family memories? Choose a memory involving someone close to you and write a brief sketch of your recollection. Include sensory details as well as events that present a clear picture of your subject.

  3. Terms to Know: • Lyric Poetry: brief poems in which the speakers share personal thoughts and feelings on a subject (usually sung) • Lyric poems have a lot in common with songs, including: • a sense of rhythm and melody • Imaginative language • the creation of a single, unified impression

  4. Terms to Know: • Imagery: the words and phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses

  5. Your Turn: • An example of imagery describing a roller-coaster ride is ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

  6. “My Papa’s Waltz” • How does the speaker feel about his bedtime waltz with his father? • Why do you think the scene in this poem was so vivid among the poet’s memories?

  7. “I Ask My Mother to Sing” • Look at lines 5-9. How is the • speaker able to describe images of a place he’s never seen? What feelings are evoked by the images? • Why do the speaker’s mother and grandmother start to cry during their song?

  8. “Grape Sherbet” • In lines 18-21, what does the image of the grandmother suggest about her actions? • What feeling is the speaker expressing in this poem?

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