1. 1. Handouts: * “Find a Poem” rubric (for a poetry project), due Feb. 24 * “Analyzing Poetry” assignment, part 1 (An in-class assignment for Friday and Monday) 2. Homework: * Read AR book 20 - 30 minutes daily & record progress * Begin looking for a “favorite poem” * “Find a Poem” project is due Feb. 24, however... Save your poem to a shared folder by Monday, Feb. 17 BONUS points if you save it by Thursday, Feb. 13 We will use the in-class student computer Save file as: LastName_Firstname_Poem_Eng6-__ 3. Assignments Due: None

2. Outcomes: 1. Indicate the first and most apparent literary device in reading poetry. 2. Name five types of sound effects used as literary devices in poetry. 3. Define these terms: repetition, alliteration, rhyme, rhythm, onomatopoeia. 4. List six steps for reading a poem that will help you understand it better and enjoy it more. 5. Identify the use of repetition, alliteration, rhyme, rhyme scheme, rhythm, and onomatopoeia in designated poems from your poetry booklet.

3. When you hear a poem being read, what is the first element that captures our imagination—references to images or how the poem sounds? [Hint: What appeals to little kids—and big kids—about the works written by Dr. Suess?] Can you name some sound devices used in poetry?

4. Let’s begin today’s lesson by giving you some “tools” that will help you analyze poems. Take out a sheet of paper.... [Cornell Notes, set 1 of 5 in this unit]

5. Cornell Notes : Poetry, Part 1, Sound Devices 1. What is the significance (importance) of sound in poetry? 2. What is a couplet? Define the following terms: 1) Repetition 2) Alliteration 3) Rhyme 4) Rhythm 5) Onomatopoeia 1. It is important to the overall meaning and total effect of the poem. 2. When two consecutive lines (one after the other) rhyme 1) Repeated use of sounds, words, phrases or lines 2) The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words 3) The repetition of same or similar vowel sounds at the end of words 4) A pattern of beats, made by stressed and unstressed syllables; rhythm matches meaning 5) The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes

6. Have you ever had anyone give you tips for reading poetry? If so, what were they? Open your Lit book to p. 622, “Six Steps to Reading a Poem.”

7. Let’s try to apply those steps as we begin reading in our poetry booklets. As we read, see if you can identify the literary devices on our handout, “Analyzing Poetry.” But don’t jump ahead—make sure you focus on the same poem we are examining as a class.