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Do Now
What Do You Know About Poetry?
What I Know What I Think I Know
What I Want to Know
-- What do you definitely know about poetry? --
-- What do you probably know about poetry…
but aren’t completely
sure about? --
-- What would you like to learn or
study about poetry?--
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Guiding Questions
What is poetry?
Why do people write poetry?
How do poets use literary devices to create meaning?
How do the structures of poems help to create meaning? How do poets both use and break the rules of punctuation (commas, semi-colons, periods, dashes, etc.) and capitalization to create meaning?
How can I affect the meaning of a poem based on my own reading and interpretation?
How can I (the student) use poetry to express my sense of self and identity and address issues and themes that are important to me?
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Goals and ObjectivesWe will…. understand what poetry is. understand literary terms relevant to poetry. increase vocabulary by studying unfamiliar words in
the poetry we read. be able to identify, analyze a variety of poetic
devices (feel like we have a set of tools to help us approach poetry).
perform poetry. not be scared of poetry! successfully write our own poetry.
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Overview of Unit
4-5 weeks Read a variety of poems by different
poets Study literary & poetic devices Write short responses Read aloud and
perform poetry - poetry slams Write our own poetry
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Music & Lyrics as Poetry
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First Song:
Grenade, by Bruno Mars
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Second Song:
River of Dreams, by Billy Joel
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Homework
1) 1) Find and bring in the lyrics to a song in English. Be prepared to explain what it means and how you might see it as poetry.
2) (Remember: the song must be appropriate to share in school!).
1) 2) Read the lyrics to the song “Volcano” and answer the questions on the back.
2) We will listen to the song at the beginning of class tomorrow.