Writing Narrative Poetry

Friday, October 2, 2015

9th Grade MYP

Objective, Agenda, & Homework

• Objective: I will give and receive meaningful feedback.• Agenda:

• Peer Review• Revision and Rewriting Time• Submission

• Homework: Study for Greek roots 1-20 midterm.

Writer’s Workshop Expectations

• Respect the community of writers.

• Be willing to share your writing.

• Be prepared to revise your work repeatedly.

• Focus on the positives when giving feedback.

• Ask questions and give suggestions instead of giving negative feedback.

Tips for Workshopping• Questions to think about:

• What did I like best about this paper?

• What would I like to know more about?

• What stands out?

• What is confusing?

• When asking questions or giving suggestions for a short story, consider:

• Do the poems have a clear conflict.?

• Does this conflict drive the plot?

• Do the poems have clear character development?

• Is the point of view clear/consistent in the poems?

• Is there good rhythm, imagery, and figurative language?

Peer Review

• In pairs, read each other’s poems and write one positive (+), one question (?), and one suggestion/possible change (Δ) under your partner’s poems in colored pen. Repeat with a second partner.

• You need to have a completed, revised draft of all 3 poems (on loose leaf paper) by the end of class today.

Writing and Revising

• After you have received feedback from your partners, start working on revising. • Replace

• Add

• Delete

• And

• Reorder

• Remember that a complete draft of your poems is due today at the end of class.

Your Narrative Poems (Due Friday)

• Poem requirements:• write 3 or more poems of 15 lines

or more each (so 45+ total lines)

• counts as a formative assessment

• grade based on MYP Rubric (C: Producing Text / D: Using Language)

• Structure of 3 poems:• 1st poem = introduction of

character, setting, and conflict

• 2nd poem = development of conflict (i.e. rising action and climax)

• 3rd poem = conclusion and illustration of the theme (i.e. falling action and resolution)

• Additionally, students need to include the following:

• 5 literary elements of the 6 below:• Plot• Conflict• Setting• Point of View• Character• Theme

• 2 craft tools of the 3 below or others:• Variation in Rhythm (caesura,

enjambment, etc. )• Imagery• Figurative Language