POETRY PROJECT

AGENDA- MONDAY MARCH 9TH

• Learning Target: You will be practicing your self-expression skills in the form of a poetry

café. You be able to listen critically and provide feedback. You will also be practising your close reading skills for a poem you haven’t seen before.

• Who will be leaving early for March break?

• Poetry Café: Your favorite poem with your own café-Peer Evaluation

• Practise Poetry Quiz: Similar to provincial exam with annotations and multiple choice.

DUE DATES

• People Who are NOT leaving early: Poetry Project Due Friday

4 IRP entries Due Friday

• People Who ARE leaving early: Poetry Project Due March 23rd

3 IRP entries Due Wednesday

AGENDA- TUESDAY MARCH 10TH

• Review of Quiz

• Ode feedback and drafting

• Project Run-Down and Lesson: Analytical Essays

ANNOTATION

• What to look for?

• Different Words

• Poetic Devices

• Translation/ Interpretation of the poem

• Groupings:

Dictionary Gurus

Imagery, Hyperbole, Metaphor, Idiom/Figurative language/ Personification

POETRY PROJECT THUS FARWHAT SHOULD YOU HAVE????

Checklist:

• Brainstorms for all poems

• Rough drafts of all poems with edits and feedback from classmates

• A ‘clean’ rough draft of all poems based on feedback

• Poetry Recitation Rubric

• You will need to choose your favorite poem and type it up!! Print off two copies!!

• The typed up copy should not be the same as the first draft!!!

ANALYTICAL ESSAY

• The analytical essay challenges you to examine your own poem and determine its meaning and the techniques that you used to make the meaning come to life.

• The prospect of writing an entire essay about your poem may require you to challenge yourself with your poem and make it even better.

• Project Sheet Outline

ESSAY AT A GLANCE

Intro: So what is this poem all about? Analysis of the meaning and the use of poetic devices.

Body: 1. Poetic Devices

2. Connotative vs. Denotative (obvious vs. not so obvious) meaning

3. What could/would/should do differently?

Conclusion: Enforcing your ideas. Are you happy with your poem? What was your opinion of the process?

THESIS

• The thesis is the first thing that you have to do.

• Thesis statements are declarative statements. You are declaring something about your paper.

• CPA High School

• English class

• McDonalds

• 2015…

Do not stand at my grave and weepby Mary Elizabeth FryeDo not stand at my grave and weep:

I am not there; I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glints on snow,

I am the sun on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning’s hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circling flight.

I am the soft starshine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry:

I am not there; I did not die.

Poetic Devices and Theme Poetic

Device

Potential Theme/Message/Mood

THEME: Topic + OpinionTHESIS: The heart of your paper. What do you wish to prove?

POETIC DEVICES AND THEME

You must have used and identify poetic devices in your poem.

You must also identify the theme of your poem.

THESIS CONTD’

• You must create a declarative statement about your own poem.

• You must identify a poetic device and the theme of the poem.

• You must title your poem so that you can refer to it easily.

• Your thesis will be the first sentence of your essay.

• You will then write your thesis on white paper and

post it around the room. Don’t bother putting names

on your sheet.

• If you get a checkmark from 3 different people,

including me then you are good to go.

THESIS STATEMENT GALLERY WALK

• You will walk around and see if the thesis statements include:• Name of your poem

• Declarative/ Strong

• Poetic Devices

• Theme

INTRODUCTION

• OK, so you have a thesis statement and therefore a first sentence for your essay.

• Now you must provide a road map to your reader of what you are going to do to prove your thesis statement.

AGENDA

• Test – Annotation (4) , Multiple Choice (6) , Short Answer (8)

• Thesis and Poem Check- Into PoweSchool

• Essay Time!!

SAMPLE INTRO

• Jennifer McKee’s poem “Ode to Wilbur” makes use of vivid imagery and humorous hyperbole to convey that pets are vital to overcoming personal obstacles by offering unconditional love. Without imagery the ode would fall flat and not be able to communicate the depth of love and appreciation that the genre demands. Hyperbole is a strong poetic choice considering the lighthearted subject matter, but does not undercut the power of the overall message. It may seem like a simplistic poem, but the specific experiences in each stanza develop so that Wilbur becomes a symbol for all pets and the power that they have over our lives.

SAMPLE BODY ONE

Poetic choices are personally made and publically appreciated. The choices made by McKee in “Ode to Wilbur” provided an access point into a poem about a specific cat. Imagery sets a loving mood by describing Wilbur’s fur as “thick and silky, downy/ and fluffy”(3). It may seem excessive, but this tactile imagery brings Wilbur into focus. It is specific and creative and brings Wilbur to life. As the poem progresses the imagery changes to visual: “He skips and hops,/ skating along the floor” (8). Wilbur’s personality is dancing on the page and he is truly coming to life. The ode genre is fulfilled by this joyous imagery. Often the imagery exaggerates Wilbur’s features, but these are not the only instances of exaggeration.

Hyperbole is…

CHECKLIST

• 3 first drafts of poems with feedback

• 3 2nd drafts with changes!!!

• One poem that is typed up and printed off. 2 copies!!

• On one of the printed copies you will annotate your poem, just like a test.

• One typed Essay, double spaced please.

• Min. 500 words

• Max. 750 words

• All stapled together and passed in on……March 23rd, no lates