BELL ACTIVITY: BROWSE THROUGH THE POETRY ANTHOLOGY AND ADD POEMS TO YOUR POST IT NOTE. IF YOU NEED ANOTHER POST IT NOTE, LET MRS. SAUNDERS KNOW. 3 MAY 2016 TODAY WE WILL LEARN….. HOW TO IDENTIFY AND USE DIFFERENT POETIC DEVICES.

SEATING CHART CHANGES YOU WILL TAKE YOUR BOOKS AND THE POST-IT NOTE LISTING YOUR FAVORITE POEMS FROM THE ANTHOLOGY WITH YOU TO YOUR NEW SEAT. IF ONE BLOCK CAN WIN BOTH DAYS OF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY’S SUB COMPETITION THEY WILL WIN THE RIGHT TO SIT WHERE THEY LIKE.

IN YOUR “DANA IS DEAD” GROUP, PRACTICE FOR TEN MINUTES FOR THE COMPETITION. THE WINNING GROUP IS THE GROUP THAT PRESENTS THE DIALOGUE… 1. WITH THE FEWEST MISTAKES (50% OF THE SCORE) 2. THE FASTEST(40 % OF THE SCORE) 3. THE BEST ACTING (10% OF THE SCORE)

POETIC DEVICES Which help us to create rhythm with words

Poetic Structure devices Stanzas Couplets Tercets Quatrains Enjambment Free verse

Stanzas A Group of lines in traditional poetry. What Bugs Me When my teacher tells me to write a poem. When my mother tells me to clean up my room. When my sister practices her violin while I’m watching TV. When my father tells me to turn off the TV and do my homework. When my brother picks the fight and I have to go to bed early. When my teacher asks me to get up in front of the class and read the poem I wrote on the school bus. stanza In essays we have paragraphs, in poetry we have stanzas.

Stanza types Couplet = 2 lines Tercet or triplet = 3 lines Quatrain = 4 lines

Enjambment Enjambment is about the white space of a poem, the spaces in between and at the end of lines. Formal definition: when a poet stops a line and starts a new line, without regard for punctuation. Check out the poems on pages 38 & 39 in the poetry anthology. Why do you think each of the poets created enjambment where they did throughout his or her poem.

Mama is a Sunrise When she comes slip-footing through the door, she kindles us like lump coal lighted, and we wake up glowing. She puts a spark even in Papa's eyes and turns out all our darkness. When she comes sweet-talking in the room, she warms us like grits and gravy and we rise up shining. Even at night-time Mama is a sunrise that promises tomorrow and tomorrow. By: Evelyn Tooley Hunt

Free Verse Poems that do NOT follow a fixed pattern, format or scheme. Typically free verse poetry lacks rhyme or a fixed rhythm.

PREPARATION: Each of you will be given a separate flavor to practice saying. Find your flavor on your copy of the poem and mark it for later. Listen for your flavor on the video version. Practice it out loud several times. Ask if you are unsure of pronunciation. DOMINO READ!!!! PERFORMANCE: Read along on the main copy. When your turn comes be ready so the poem flows quickly