1. SWBAT DISCUSS WHAT POETRY IS TO THEM, AND WHAT IS OFTEN FOUND IN POEMS CREATIVE WRITING

2. DO NOW – JOURNAL FOR TWENTY MINUTES I will hand you back your “creative me” writing pieces. Let us begin a Journal entry. You may either write about anything on your mind, an experience, what you like, what upsets you, what you’re looking forward to, etc… OR YOU CAN USE THE PROMPT: Let me tell you how my school year is going…. I will play music while you write.

3. REMINDER Your first FIVE JOURNAL ENTRIES ARE DUE ON TUESADAY FEB. 24 TH. It is 10 pages total. (Front and back). Each Journal entry should be 2 pages long (front and back)

4. WHAT IS POETRY??

5. POETRY IS…. Lines, rhythm/music, feeling/emotion, imagery, sensory detail, hyperbole, personification, stanzas, onomatopoeia, rhyme: internal and external, inflection, assonance, simile, metaphor, alliteration (big black bug bled black blood) Poetry is one of three types of literature, the others being prose and drama. Most poems make use of highly concise, musical, and emotionally charged language. Many also use imagery, figurative language, and special devices of sounds such as rhyme.

6. WHAT IS POETRY http://www.shmoop.com/vi deo/what-is-poetry Thoughts?

7. WHAT IS POETRY? So what’s poetry? (Read Neruda’s “Poetry”) 1. Circle your favorite lines and prepare to share why (write notes on the margins) 2. Underline poetic devices that are used. 3. Answer the question sheet.

8. RETURN TO THE PABLO NERUDA Please get out your homework. What other things did you discover in the poem? Reminder: Journals are due Tuesday Feb 24 th.

9. “SUMMERS” BY WALTER DEAN MEYERS Summer I like hot days, hot days Sweat is what you got days Bugs buzzin from cousin to cousin Juices dripping Running and ripping Catch the one you love days Birds peeping Old men sleeping Lazy days, daisies lay Beaming and dreaming Of hot days, hot days, Sweat is what you got days.

10. DESCRIBE YOUR FAVORITE SEASON OR HOLIDAY Describe your favorite season using vivid images and detail. You can include an experience in this favorite season that you’ll never forget. This can be written in free verse, but use descriptive language!

11. CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK In groups of threes face your colleagues in a circle and hand your poem to the person on your left. Begin reading your colleague’s essay and check for the following: Spelling Grammar Diction Content Poetic devices (example: Sensory detail, rhyme, repetition) Write a short paragraph of constructive feed-back on the bottom or back of your colleague’s page (strengths/weaknesses, your favorite parts of the essay, etc.). remember, BE CONSTRUCTIVE, NOT DESTRUCTIVE! Write your name alongside your feedback

12. ANALYZE Analyze the poem for various literary devices.