1-Month Unit: Day 11

Agenda:

Do Now: Read & Respond Cornell Notes: Elegy Glossary: Elegy Guided practice: Identify and analyze the

poems Independent practice: Write your own elegy!

Directions: Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.Do

NowForever by Makel

Really, there is no secret to it.Live your life like you live

your day, each one,one after the other,

dodging bullets.Empty the chamber

so you are not temptedto fireback.

He is gone—to be remembered. Forever.

RIP. We Love You.

1. The poem is ________________ stanzas long.

2. What is the poem about?

3. Who do you think the poem is written for?

4. When the poet says, “Empty the chamber so you are not tempted to fire back” what ?does he mean?

5. What is the mood of this poem?

Thoughts to start the day…

Name that poetic device! Read the lines of poetry and decide which poetic device is being used!

Alliteration

Which poetic device is used?

1. The click clack of her heels. 2. Life is like a river. 3. Life lives longer later.4. The water screamed for me to drink it! 5. He is a lion.

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Symbolism

Onomatopoeia

Imagery Rhyme Scheme

Today’s ObjectivesSW

· identify and define the elements of an elegy.

· analyze an elegy for its structure and use of poetic devices.

· create original elegies.

Notes: Rhyme Scheme

Questions & Key Words Details

What are different ways that poems can be structured?

What is a poem form?

What is an elegy?

What is the structure of an elegy?

 A poem form is a type of poem with a specific layout or about a specific topic.

 An elegy is specific poem form written in remembrance for a person or a group of people who have passed away.

 There are 3 pieces of an elegy.

1. Pain: which is where the speaker expresses grief and sorrow.

2. Praise: which is where the speaker admires and honors the dead.

3. Relief: which is where the speaker finds peace of mind with the death.

Questions & Key Words Details

Is this an elegy? How do we know?

Let’s look back to our poem from our “Do Now”…

Forever by Makel M.

Really, there is no secret to it.Live your life like you live

your day, each one,one after the other,

dodging bullets.Empty the chamber

so you are not temptedto fireback.

He is gone—to be remembered. Forever. RIP. We

Love You.

Is this an elegy? Identify the 3 pieces of the elegy and mark where each part is.

Let's ADD to our glossary!

Elegy

Definition: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Examples:

Analysis Time!

Directions: Together we will read the poems and analyze them for their form and poetic devices.

DL by Markel

You shined like the sun on a sunny dayThere is no one who could fill your place. You keep the streets alive, Even when it was dead outside.You were a man that held his pride.I remember the days we were straight trappin.And when we went in the house,We went straight to snackin.The night I heard that thing clappin,The same night the sky spoke to me and told me what happened.I didn’t know what the hell happened.We will always remember you for everything you did.Now all I got to say is Rest in Peace kid…

1. How do you know this is an elegy?

2. Does the elegy include the three parts: pain, praise, and relief? Put a star next each of the places in the poem where these parts are shown.

3. The poet uses both a simile and personification in his poem. Underline these two lines.

4. What mood does the poet create in this poem?

5. What image does the poet create in the poem?

Fallen Star (4 Huey P. Newton) by Tupac

They could never understandwhat u set out 2 doinstead they chose 2ridicule uwhen u got weakthey loved the sightof your dimmingand flickering starlightHow could they understand what was so intricate2 be loved by so many, so intimatethey wanted 2 c your lifeless corpsethis way u could not alter the courseof ignorance that they have set2 make my people forgetwhat they have done for much 2 long2 just forget and carry onI had loved u forever because of who u rand now I mourn our fallen star

1. How do you know this is an elegy?

2. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

3. How is the “fallen star” used as a symbol? What does it represent?

4. What is the mood of the poem?

Fallen Star (4 Huey P. Newton)by Tupac

Directions: Read the 2 poems and then answer the questions that follow.

On your own!

Rest In Peace by Reggie C.

Rest in peace to my opportunity of seeing my son’s 1st stepRest in peace to my opportunity of seeing my son’s 1st wordRest in peace…Rest in peace to my chance of seeing 2011 summer timeRest in peace to my chance of taking pictures with my son at a young age, For him to see when he gets olderRest in peace…Rest in peace to my opportunity of being with my son his first time at Chuckey CheeseRest in peace to my opportunity of my son really getting to know meRest in peace.

1. How does the poet use the elegy form here? What is this elegy about?

2. What is the mood of this poem?

3. What image does the poet create in the poem?

RIP L.I.P. by Adrian

Boom Boom Boom Boom!!!The sound of my friendGetting killed made meThink twice of my lifeStyle I was living. Thinking back when we usedTo play football in deep snowAnd can barely run It made me drop my headAs my eyes watered and Tears fell softly on my cheeks Like raindrops.The pain speaks to me and isUnbearableWhen looking down at the personYou used to play “tag” with in a Casket.

Man ItHurts.

1. How do you know this is an elegy?

2. What is the mood of this poem?

3. The poet uses onomatopoeia, simile, and personification. Underline where he uses this.

4. How does this poem make you feel?

You’re turn to write!

Directions: Use this graphic organizer to brainstorm before you write. No complete sentences, ideas only!YOU, the poet…organizing your elegy in a brainstorm!

The person (or group of people) I am writing about is:__________

Things I remember the person saying:

Symbols (objects, places, colors, sights…) that remind me of this

person and/or represent this person:

What this person looked like:

What I learned from this person:

After 10 minutes, we will...SHARE OUT!!

You can pull ideas from your brainstorm or you can simply write without using your brainstorm.

• Your elegy must be at least 10 lines long (you can choose the number of stanzas!)

• Your elegy should include the 3 pieces of an elegy: pain, praise, and relief

• Try and use at least 2 different poetic devices in your elegy

NowCreate your own elegy!

·Your poem for today is an elegy.·Your poem must be at least 10 lines long ·Your poem must include at least 2 poetic devices.·You can always include other poetic devices!!

Wrap it up!

1. What is an elegy?

2. What is the structure of an elegy?

3. Why do poets write elegies?