Literature Circle Check In

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International Poems

Group Collaboration and Presentations!

A global perspective day - the poems are from Austria, Korea, Mexico and Chile.

The Pablo Neruda poem is here.

For those of you who are away, see the handout and pick one poem to make notes on (annotate) and find a written way to present your understandings...

Passion Translations

It is time to find the PASSION in our journey into the wilds of poetry.

We'll look at two classics of poetry today. I'll discuss the first one, "The Windhover," working through all the questions to ask of a poem... and then present to you a plain language "translation."

You'll be in charge of discussing and understanding and translating "To His Coy Mistress." (For those of you who are away - there is an assignment in the linked document.)

So, basically, we are talking about a passion for a bird... and a passion for a "chick."

Due - Good copy of your Freedom Writers Poem.

Overdue - Make sure you are in the right book group in the elevens social network. Assign yourself a role.

Homework - Translation assignment. See above.

Online Literature Circles Begin

Today: we will be getting into our Online Groups - where we will discuss the novels you are reading.

Go to:

http://elevens.ning.com/




Tomorrow: Literary Paragraphs are due.

Poetry Paragraph

1) Silent Reading

2) Check Homework - imagist poem (hand it in) and examples of poetic devices (check with partner to make sure you have correct examples of each).

3) Literary Paragraph Assignment - handout here.

Consider this example: A sample six from a provincial exam. What is it doing right? Does it have all the elements of a literary pargraph?

Poetic Devices - the basic notes...

Alliteration - the repetition of sounds/letters at the beginning of words in a line of poetry.

EXAMPLE: seven stars go squawking

Allusion - a reference to something that most people are familiar with (can be literary, biblical, historical, popular, etc...).

EXAMPLE: "the Giant is enchanting to Jack" (as in Jack and Jill)

Assononance - the repetition of vowel sounds near to each other in a line of poetry (beginning, middle and ends of words).

EXAMPLE: "O look, look in the Mirror"

Consonance - the repetition of consonant sounds near to each other in a line of poetry (beginning, middle and end of words).

EXAMPLE: "

Hyperbole - deliberate exaggeration for emphasis.

Metaphor - a direct comparison. A=B

Onomatopoeia - when the pronounciation of the word imitates the sound of the word.

Personification - to give a non-animate thing human characteristics.

Simile - an indirect comparison that uses the words "like" or "as."

Symbol - an object that represents or stands in for something else.

Poetry Workout

Today's work is intense - we'll toughen up your poetry muscles.

Notes/Auden Examples - If you have not already done so, please take down the poetic terms notes on the board. After each term leave a blank for examples. Let's read the poem, As I Walked out One Evening. You are now responsible for finding at least one example of each device. Bonus marks for finding more than one. DUE MONDAY.

Imagist Poem - Please mount on black paper your imagist poem. See examples on the bulletin board.

Literary Paragraph - As promised, you can now choose any one of the poems we have studied in the first week of our look at poetry:

Terrance, this is Stupid Stuff.
Daddy
My Papa's Waltz
To a Sad Daughter
Barbie Doll
Paper Matches
The Preludes
As I Walked out One Evening

The Topic:

In a paragraph of 8 - 12 sentences, discuss your understanding of the poem's speaker OR use of language.
- you will need a thesis statement that includes the title and author.
- select specific words or phrases to use as support for your ideas. Integrate those quotations into your paragraph.
- remember to use transitional phrases
- play with sentence variety
(18 marks)

Wild Brainstorm

Is this what poetry really is?

lawless
wilderness
rebellion
OMG!
anger
scary
adventurous
frustration
rush
AC/DC
turmoil
sugar
insanity
extreme
crazy
motivation
imagination
despair
competitive
drunk
frank