English 9b, Day 6 * Wed/Thurs Bell Ringer In yer notebook #15. Short Poem (sooooooo short it can’t be a choice poem) Write a 2-line poem with rhyme scheme AA that includes an onomatopoetic word. When you are done . . . Open self-selected book & REEEEAAADD

Coursers = swift and strong horse Frigate = warship Coursers = swift and strong horse Traverse = path, journey across something Frugal = costing little

Upcoming Due Dates A = 6 B A typed current event exploration # 2 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 2 B = 13 typed current event exploration # 3 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 3 Poetry Test Notebook & vocab due Portfolio “soft due date” B = 20 YES REALLY = B again!!! “final due date” typed current event exploration # 4 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 4 18 = SAT = Boise Code Camp

You are working on . . . Reading Self-Selected Book (audio books are awesome . . . But your SSB should be in print or digital – requires diff brain activity and comprehension skills) Due Wed, noon = CECE 2 w/ 2 works cited entries Get a folder for poetry portfolio (due date 2/17ish) Notebook cover (due 2/16-2/17) Poetry terms (vocab) definitions (due 2/16-2/17)

Q3 CECE You will be turning in 2ish pieces of paper!!!! # 2 = due Wed by noon, 2 works cited entries! Turn in both CECE 1 & CECE 2.

Vocab = Poetry Terms = 20 Define them in the back of your notebook Due date Thurs/Fri 2/16 & 2/17 & a vocab quiz

EASY CHEESEY GRADE!!!! “Cover Art” Due date Thurs/Fri 2/16 & 2/17 NEW THIS SEMESTER: Teach us something about you in your design (interest, hobby, etc.)

Cover Art Rubric Below Standard At Standard Above Standard >does not include 50 terms >looks like student gave little effort >student cannot be proud of this  >not attached to notebook >Student name is missing > We learn nothing about you, or are left confused >Includes at least 50 terms >Looks okay >Looks neat >Attached to notebook >Student name is clearly on notebook >NEW THIS SEMESTER: Marginally teaches us something about you in your design > Visually appealing >Neat, polished, professional-looking >Firmly attached to notebook >NEW THIS SEMESTER: Captivatingly teaches us something about you in your design

3 prong folder Keep your eye open for . . . A folder You might want to pick up a folder. We will be “publishing” a poetry portfolio in a couple of weeks and you will need a cover for it. Pick up a folder now – save yourself time!!! 

Due date: NEXT Friday, 2/17 (can turn in Tues, 2/21 no penalty)

~*~Table of Contents~*~ CECE Review What is Poetry? You’re a poet Goals Intelligence Test Friendly 4-square 7. The Stonecutter #8 Dueling Poets # 9 Poetry Explication #10 Choose your own poem explication . . . Haiku – Lowku 12 Poem about a collective 13. Identity 14. Poemystery Short Poem Free Verse

#16: Free Verse write this definition:

Free Verse Before I share the next fee verse poem . . . Write in your notebook: Worries of Adolescence: Make a list of 10ish concerns you have as a person “in the middle” (between childhood & adulthood) – school or social or athletic or learning or faith . . . What worries concern an adolescent???

Free Verse “Hanging Fire” by Audre Lorde I am fourteen and my skin has betrayed me the boy I cannot live without still sucks his thumb in secret how come my knees are always so ashy what if I die before the morning comes and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed. I have to learn how to dance in time for the next party my room is too small for me suppose I die before graduation they will sing sad melodies but finally tell the truth about me There is nothing I want to do and too much that has to be done and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed. Nobody even stops to think about my side of it I should have been on Math Team my marks were better than his why do I have to be the one wearing braces I have nothing to wear tomorrow will I live long enough to grow up and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed. Free Verse

Free Verse "Hanging Fire" is the title of the poem, and it comes from the lingo of weaponry: a "hang fire" refers to an unplanned delay between the triggering and the ignition of a gun. It's a moment of pause between pulling the trigger of a gun and its actual firing. Audre Lorde's use of the phrase "hanging fire" in the poem's title is metaphorical. The poem is not about guns, or gun malfunctions, but about adolescence. Think about the teenage years as a time of "hanging fire"—a dangerous time between childhood and adulthood, a long and risky pause. In fact, the phrase has entered conversational English to signify a delay in progress. By titling her poem with a gun metaphor, Lorde is alerting us to the danger in this poem. There's a threat underlying the speaker's teenage anxieties. Adolescence is not all braces and dances; it's a tough, even dangerous time for lots of teens.

Free Verse = at least 10 lines Write your own FREE VERSE poem entitled . . . “Hanging Fire” Capture the idea that adolescence is not all braces and dances; it's a tough, even dangerous, time for lots of teens. . . Or is it? Is it a dangerous time between childhood and adulthood -- a long and risky pause??? Use some of the ideas in your list. You can use challenges that you face, that your friends face, or that “other adolescents” face. Begin with . . . I am ____ (age) and . . . . If you disagree with the poet, then what might “hanging fire” mean for you . . . ????? Could you write a poem that mocks the idea that adolescence is so bad? Maybe it IS just braces and dances??? Noooooo rules or rhyme or meter!!!!!

Line up in front of the room by BIRTHDAY . . . January 1 = closest to the main door Dec 31 = closest to the “not an exit” door. . . . everyone else find your space in between.

Pair off into partners . . . . . .set up desks head to head.

Poetry Explication It is like annotating a poem . . . But specific and focused. . . .

In yer notebooks . . . #17 Choose your own poem explication . . . At the top of the page write Partner’s Name: Our Poem Title: “ ” (poetry titles go in “ ”) Our Poem Author: Our Poem Page #: Number your paper 1-20, skipping lines. Go to the back of page if necessary.

Choose your own poem explication . . . Get one of the class textbooks for each person. Select ANY poem in the book. (see the list in front of book on pp xviii and xix) Write down title (remember quotation marks), author, and page # Must be a poem that you have not explicated before!!!

1 - Form Free verse   Concrete poem Stanza Couplet Quatrain * Write complete sentences, showing that you UNDERSTAND each of the terms. This is/is not a free verse poem because . . . . This is / is not a concrete poem because . . .

Provide examples whenever you can!!!! 2 Sound Repetition Alliteration Onomatopoeia Rhyme Rhyme scheme Rhythm (meter) Provide examples whenever you can!!!! There is REPETITION in this poem. An example of repetition is ________________________. There is ALLITERATION in this poem . . . .

Provide examples whenever you can!!!! 3 Language Imagery Personification Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Provide examples whenever you can!!!! 12. There is IMAGERY in this poem. I get a picture in my mind when it says ________________________. 13. There is PERSONIFICATION in this poem . . . .

Provide examples whenever you can!!!! 4 Meaning Title Theme Lyric poem (heavy emotion) Narrative poem (story) Provide examples whenever you can!!!! 17. The title of the poem helps me to understand the meaning of this poem because ________________. 18. The theme of the poem is ___________________, which helps me understand the meaning of the poem because . . . .

Before you leave your friend . . . In yer notebook . . . #18 Iambic Pentameter Draw this chart in your notebook. It will take up 3 lines and go edge-to edge of your paper

#18 Iambic Pentameter Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Place the sentence below in the chart, one syllable per box . . . Watch the accents!! Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

#18 Iambic Pentameter One syllable per box . . . Watch the accents!! Shall I com- pare thee to a sum- mer’s day? One syllable per box . . . Watch the accents!!

You are working on . . . Reading Self-Selected Book (audio books are awesome . . . But your SSB should be in print or digital – requires diff brain activity and comprehension skills) Due Wed, noon = CECE 2 w/ 2 works cited entries Poetry Portfolio (due date 2/17ish) Notebook cover (due 2/16-2/17) Poetry terms (vocab) definitions (due 2/16-2/17)