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Where’s My Partner? 1.Some of you will receive poetry terms. 2.Some of you will receive the definitions for those terms. 3.When I say “Begin,” get up and move around the room to find the “partner” that goes with the word or words you have on your card. 4.Please, DO NOT BEND THE CARDS. 5.Put them next to each on the board.

Poetry Terms & Definitions TERMSDEFINITIONS

Critical Writing: List three types of figurative language. Describe two techniques used by authors of poetry. Compare one type of figurative language to another.

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Poetic Elements Anchor Chart Take five minutes to review the terms on the Anchor Chart. 3Rs = READ…RECITE…REVIEW Do not write any examples yet.

Poetry Analysis 1.Listen to poems for sound devices. 2.Read poem to identify structural techniques. 3.Read again to identify figurative language. 4.What impact do the findings of #1-3 have on the meaning or your enjoyment of the poems?

Listen First 1.“Cats in the Kitchen” 2.“The Armpit of Doom” html#.VAeIRU1OXIU html#.VAeIRU1OXIU 3.“Our Mother Threw the Pie Away” “My Puppy Plays Piano” html#.VAeKZ01OXIU html#.VAeKZ01OXIU 5. “I Ate a Spicy Pepper”

Continue your analysis… Read the poems twice with your assigned partner. First look for poetic structural techniques. Next look for figurative language. Be sure to put check marks in the appropriate columns so we can analyze the data we collect.

Gathering Examples (CW) Complete the last column on your Anchor Chart by writing in examples from the five poems.

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Matching Game 1.Dump all cards on center desk. 2.Organize them so that term is to the left of definition. 3.Prizes for the first team to correctly match all cards.

Data Analysis (HOTS) Look at the trends you see in the columns of your data table. Draw conclusions about what the presence or absence of check marks tells you.

Critical Writing: (finish) List three types of figurative language. Describe two techniques used by authors of poetry. Compare and contrast one type of figurative language to another.

Poetry Bingo When you see an example of something on your BINGO card, cover it with a Skittle.

The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots (A) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth (B) O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done (C)

I am one of many Small branches of a broken tree Always looking to the ones above For guidance, strength and security.…(D) Your teeth are like stars; They come out at night. They come back at dawn When they’re ready to bite. (E) “Snowflake” A fragile winter butterfly Flutters from the sky So soft and yet her heart Is cold and made of ice But if I warm it She will melt and die (F)

“Appetite” In a house the size of a postage stamp lived a man as big as a barge. His mouth could drink the entire river You could say it was rather large For dinner he would eat a trillion beans And a silo full of grain, Washed it down with a tanker of milk As if he were a drain. (G) Far in the smoky woods the birds were mute, Save that from blackened tree a jay would scream, Or far in swamps the lizard’s lonesome lute Would pipe in thirst, or by some gnarlèd root The tree-toad trilled his dream. (H)

Rain humid, damp refreshing, dripping, splattering wet, slippery, cold, slushy sliding, melting, freezing frigid, icy Snow (I) “The Bells” (by Edgar Allan Poe) Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! (J) Simile Metaphor Personification HyperboleHyperbole (K)

Poetry Quiz Monday How will you prepare for it? QuizletQuizlet is a GREAT tool.

Poetry Quiz Prep Click to see an example of poetry. It may be a whole poem, a stanza from a poem, or simply a line from a poem. Try to identify as many poetic elements in each example as you can. Click again to see if you were correct.

This stanza uses imagery. The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots

This stanza has a strong speaker’s voice. It also has some rhyme. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth

This line has repetition (refrain). O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done

This poem uses personification, rhyme, rhythm, and imagery. “Snowflake” A fragile winter butterfly Flutters from the sky So soft and yet her heart Is cold and made of ice But if I warm it She will melt and die

This stanza uses metaphor. I am one of many Small branches of a broken tree Always looking to the ones above For guidance, strength and security.

This poem uses simile and rhyme. Your teeth are like stars; They come out at night. They come back at dawn When they’re ready to bite.

This poem uses hyperbole, rhyme, rhythm, and simile. “Appetite” In a house the size of a postage stamp lived a man as big as a barge. His mouth could drink the entire river You could say it was rather large For dinner he would eat a trillion beans And a silo full of grain, Washed it down with a tanker of milk As if he were a drain.

This poem has a unique form as well as imagery. Rain humid, damp refreshing, dripping, splattering wet, slippery, cold, slushy sliding, melting, freezing frigid, icy Snow

This poem uses alliteration and rhyme. Far in the smoky woods the birds were mute, Save that from blackened tree a jay would scream, Or far in swamps the lizard’s lonesome lute Would pipe in thirst, or by some gnarlèd root the tree-toad trilled his dream.

This poem uses onomatopoeia. “The Bells” (by Edgar Allan Poe) Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night!

These are all types of figurative language used to compare unlike objects. Hyperbole Metaphor Personification Simile

These are sound devices used as a poetic technique. Alliteration Refrain Rhyme Onomatopoeia Rhythm

These are also poetic techniques. Graphic elements Speaker Form Free verse Imagery