G. Hughes, Virgil MS The Power of Poetry by: Gary Soto Learn to visualize

attention care and thoughtfulness care and thoughtfulness His full attention was on the beach. His full attention was on the beach.

concentrate to focus on or think about only one thing to focus on or think about only one thing You need to concentrate when you are doing something difficult. You need to concentrate when you are doing something difficult. Richard Earl Thompson "Nature's Preservationist in Paint"™

creativity the ability to think of new ideas and to express them It takes creativity to write poems.

experience something that happens to a person People often write poems about their experiences.

i n s p i r e d filled with ideas, encouraged to create It is easier to do something creative when you are inspired by something.

inventive able to think of new ideas, creative You need to be inventive when trying to solve problems.

memory the ability to remember, something remembered from the past I still have a memory of the vacation that my family took.

motive a reason for doing something a reason for doing something The police tried to think of his motive for committing the crime. The police tried to think of his motive for committing the crime.

routine something that is done the same way all of the time something that is done the same way all of the time We practiced passing in papers and other routines last week in class. We practiced passing in papers and other routines last week in class.

Reading Strategy - Visualize  When you visualize, you see powerful images in your mind. You use words and phrases to create images and feelings.  You will enjoy and understand poetry more if you visualize while you read.

How to visualize… 1.Read the poem once to get the general feeling of it. 2.Look back through the poem for words that create images. 3.Use the words to make a picture in your mind of the images. 4.Reread the poem.

Big Eaters – by Gary Soto I stepped into the cold rush Of a river until I was waist deep. I screamed, “Check out this 20 foot trout,” But the people on the shore kept eating their hotdogs and hamburgers

Big Eaters - Visualizing 1.Listen carefully for words and phrases that create images in your mind as the poem is read. 2.After you have listened to it twice, write down these words and phrases in your packet. 3.Then, draw a picture to show what the words helped you visualize.

Common and Proper Nouns A proper noun are nouns (people, places, things, and ideas) that name one particular person, place, thing, or idea. They are capitalized. A common noun is a noun that names any person, place, thing, or idea.

Letter To a Father Working in Tulare, California Listen carefully for words and phrases that create images in your mind as the poem is read. After you have listened to it twice, write down these words and phrases in your packet. Then, draw a picture to show what the words helped you visualize.

What They Don’t Tell You About Cereal Class Reading  For the regular text, I will read.  When it gets to all capital letters, you will read.

What They Don’t Tell You About Cereal Visualize 1.After reading through What They Don’t Tell You About Cereal, list three words or phrases that help you visualize. 2.Then, for each word or phrase, draw a picture of what you visualized in your head. 3.When you have finished all three, answer the two questions in complete sentences.

Interview With Gary Soto An interview is where two people meet and one person asks the other questions to get information. In the following interview with Gary Soto, the entire class will read the interviewer part (reading the questions).