Poetry Unit

ELA 20

ELA – Sept 29 Today’s Goals – to understand different types of poetry and to complete a

poetry analysis

Agenda Breakfast Club Intro to Poetry Poem Analysis of Gary Hyland “What You Are Doing Now” Poet Research – Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Michael Ondantje, Margaret

Atwood, Al Purdy, etc Class wrap – Essay in by Midnight

Poet Research Choose a poet from the Bulletin Board

Research them

On paper, write: Name 3 life/career facts Type of poetry mainly known for

Print a poem they wrote, that you find interesting; summarize what it is about

Prepare to present to the class

Poet Bio Find 3 interesting facts about assigned poet

What type of poetry are they most known for

Find and print of a poem they authored that is interesting to you.

Be prepared to present and share your learning to the class.

ELA 20 – March 4 Put your story into your portfolio

Take the poetry (pink) hand out Read it and complete the poetry types

Worship

Poetry Analysis “What You’re Doing Right Now”

ELA 20 – March 5 Today’s Goals – to study the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe

Agenda Worship Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee” & “The Raven” Class Wrap

Class Wrap – ELA 20 – Mar 5 Class Chores – write a poem for your portfolio

Must be a minimum of 10 lines Any type of poem – free verse, blank verse, sonnet, etc Looking for a minimum of 3 figurative language effects Needs to be in poster format – border, graphic, centered – needs to contribute to

the meaning of the poem

Exit Pass – how would you define Edgar Allen Poe’s writing style?

ELA 20 – Oct 1 Today’s Goals: to gain an understanding of “My Last Duchess” by Robert

Browning

Agenda Worship Dramatic Monologue

“My Last Duchess” By Robert Browning Class Wrap

Dramatic Monologue A poem where the speaker addresses an unseen, silent audience and could

be acted out

It combines aspects of stage plays and romantic verse

Class Wrap – ELA 20 – Oct 1 Class Chores – write a poem for your portfolio

Must be a minimum of 10 lines Any type of poem – free verse, blank verse, sonnet, etc Looking for a minimum of 3 figurative language effects Needs to be in poster format – border, graphic, centered – needs to contribute to

the meaning of the poem

Exit Pass – Bring your poem tomorrow for peer edits

ELA 20 – Oct 2 Today’s Goals: to study the poetry of various Canadian Authors

Agenda Peer Edit of Poetry Worship Canadian Poets & Their Poetry Class Wrap

Peer Edit Be complimentary – underline things that were said/written well

Identify Figurative Language Effects with [parenthesis] and label it

Remember that poetry often intentionally makes errors for effect! Clarify any mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and grammar with the author to

understand if it is an error or an effect.

Canadian Poets

Margaret Atwood

E. Pauline Johnson(Tekahionwake)

Al Purdy

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Class Wrap – ELA – Oct 2 Class Chores – polish up your poem – create it into a poster for display –

due tomorrow

Exit Pass – Have a great day

ELA – Oct 3 Today’s Goals – to wrap up the poetry section of the Composition Unit

Agenda Worship Finish up Canadian Poets by presenting your analysis Test Review Essay Prep Poetry Reading Class Wrap

Test Review for Poetry Figurative Language definitions

Match poem and poet Gary Hyland “What You Are Doing Now” Edgar Allen Poe “Annabel Lee” & “The Raven” Robert Browning “My Last Duchess” Margaret Atwood “It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers” E. Pauline Johnson “A prodigal” Michael Ondaatje “Application for A Driving License” Al Purdy “The Last Picture in the World” Alden Nowlan “The Execution” Buffy Sainte-Marie “Universal Soldier”

Poem Analysis – you will be given the steps

Short Story and Media Review 7 story titles and their authors

Quotes from the stories and match who said them

Know definitions from the Pink Story Notes given

Plot Diagrams – know characters, conflict, theme, discovering theme, etc

Short answer – in complete sentences

Long Answer – using formal writing skills

It will also include media and poetry

Test on Tuesday, Oct 7

Personal Response EssayThe significance of personal beliefs and values on an individual’s life.

Class Wrap – ELA – Oct 3 Reminders

Monday – In Class Essay Tuesday – Composition Unit Test Wednesday – Reading Comprehension and Intro to Shakespeare

Class Chores – prep for essay and study for test

Exit Pass – Thanks for all of your hard work in this semester!! It has been intense but your have surpassed my expectations

End of Slides for September 2014

ELA – Oct 29 Today’s Goals – to analyze poetry

Agenda Pop Prayer Poet Presentations Poetry Analysis – “The Spider Holds a Silver Ball” Types of Poetry

Lyric Poetry Analysis

Closure – pick your poem to memorize

Types of Poetry Free Verse

Concrete

Blank Verse

Haiku

Lyric

Dramatic Monologue

Narrative

Analyzing Poems Who is doing the speaking in the poem?

What is the tone of the poem?

To whom is the poet speaking?

What is the setting of the poem?

When does the poem take place?

What mood is evoked by the poem?

Does the point of view change during the poem?

How does the poem make me feel?

Do I like the poem? Why?

What is the poet attempting to communicate?

ELA 20 – Oct 30 Today’s Goals: to look at poems of sonnet and parody

Agenda: Pre-Activity: share your homework with second person on your right; then find another

person who analyzed a different poem. Worship Rhythm and Meter The Sonnet Parody Assignment – identify 3 similarities in each set of parody poems, and identify how the

second poem was making fun of the first Then choose ONE poem and do a Blue Sheet Analysis

Write a parody of something popular right now

Closure:

Assignment Identify 3 similarities between Shakespeare’s Sonnet 55 and Wendy Cope’s

poem How was the main theme/meaning of the original changed in the parody?

Identify 3 similarities in the parody of Hamlet

(Shakespeare and Dave Turner)

How was the main theme/meaning of the original changed in the parody?

Do a Poem Analysis of any poem in handout

Extra time – Search for poem for Poetry Contest; Search on the Internet or search Imprints Textbook (at the back bookshelf)

ELA 20 – April 16 Today’s goals – to discuss characteristics of a sonnet poem, understand

iambic pentameter, and to analyze one sonnet poem

Agenda Worship Defining iambic and sonnets Discussion on Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Choose another poem in handout and to Blue Cheat Sheet analysis for it. Closure – Homework begin writing your original poem

ELA 20 – Oct 31 Today’s Goals: to decipher e. e. cummings poetry

Agenda: Worship Edward Estlin Cummings Wrap-up

Homework – tomorrow’s class is outreach/caring for our Community – thus I need you to do homework for tomorrow’s class.

when god decided to invent everything he took one breath bigger than a circustent and everything began

when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because

- e. e. cummings

I thank You God for most this amazing

day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(I who have died am alive again today, and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth day of life and of love and wings;and of the gay great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing breathing any—lifted from the no of all nothing—human merely being double unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened) 

Homework to cover Friday’s Class: Topic: Multicultural Poetry

1) Go to Youtube – find a clip about Maya Angelou that talks about her life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHqafC740Q – is a good one

2) Read and discuss with someone – “Still I rise” You tube clip of her reciting this poem -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqo50LSZ0 Write how this poem reflects her life experience – 3 examples

3) Read “I know Why the Caged Bird Sings” -- complete a blue sheet analysis

4) Research poetry from another nation outside of North America and bring to class one.

Remember to memorize a poem for Tuesday/Wednesday

Remember to Write an original poem for Tuesday

ELA 20 – Nov 5-6 Today’s Goals: Presentations and review for the test

Agenda: Worship Presentations Review for Test Wrap-up – Test is May 18; Your Original Poem is due May 17

Poetry Unit Test -- Review Define and make an example for figurative language terms used during

this class

Know the different types of poetry

Match the poet with his/her poem from the handouts given in class

Remember the major poems we discussed in class – sonnet, parody, dramatic monologue, CDN poems, This week we will also look at Maya Angelou and theme poems

The final section – you will be given a poem and asked various question regarding it.

ELA 20 – Nov 26 Today’s Goals –

Agenda: Worship Poetry Contest Finals Reading Comprehension Strategies Closure: Test Tomorrow and Poems due

Test Procedures Choose a seat – 2 people/table with the middle seat open

Electronics – on silent, placed on the front shelf

Backpack and notes – placed at the front

Good Luck

Have a great break