1. Handouts: * Meaning of Poems (in-class assignment for Tue. & Wed.) 2. Homework: * Read AR book minutes daily & record progress * “Find a Poem” project is due Feb. 25, however... Send Mrs. D an attachment w/ poem by Friday Attach the poem you selected as a Word document Save file as: LastName_Firstname_ 3. Assignments Due: * None

Outcomes: 1. Name and define two main poetic genres (general types of poetry). 2. Name and define these terms frequently used in analyzing poetry: Stated theme, implied theme, symbol/symbolism, chronological sequence. 3. Identify the use of stated themes, implied themes, symbolism, and chronological sequence in particular poems. 4. Identify examples of narrative poetry. 5. Identify examples of lyrical poetry.

Yesterday we identified certain language devices used in the poems from our poetry booklet. Can you recall those literary devices that create images in our mind? Figurative Language (comparisons), such as... Similes Metaphors Personification Imagery (appeals to our five senses) Hyperbole (exaggerated images)

We also introduced a new term, one that is used frequently in poetry: What is a couplet? When two consecutive lines (one after the other) rhyme and are the same length What memory trick could you use to help you remember the meaning of that word? “Couplet” sounds like the word, “couple”—meaning two.

Today and tomorrow we are going play detective. We will note poetic devices when we see them, but that’s not our primary goal. Our main mission today is to see if we can figure out the overall meaning of each poem we read. To do that, however, we need to have a few “tools” that we can share, terms that we can all understand and use when analyzing poems for meaning. Please take out a sheet of paper for Set #3 in our Cornell Notes on Poetry.

Let’s have line leaders get our poetry booklets while we distribute our new handout, “Meaning of Poems.” We will be using this sheet both today and tomorrow as an in-class assignment. As we read these next poems, keep in mind the new terms and the previous terms from our Cornell Notes. They will help you in analyzing each poem to determine its meaning.