1. Speaker and Word Choice in Poetry
The poet is speaking to you like having a conversation in the kitchen.
The poet could be mysterious and you have to analyze who is the poet.
Two speakers may talk with each other and we are outsider listening.

2. Vocabulary and Authors
Vocabulary -add Speaker & Jargon to your notes. Use your notes for the others if you do not remember them.
Authors
Speaker p 177 add to notes
Jargon p 181 add to notes
Preposition
Descriptive writing
Simile
Verbs
Adjectives
Personification
Stanza
Mood
POV
Context clues
Facts
Venn diagram
Compare/contrast
Verb tense-present, past, future
Enter information on to the writer’s spreadsheet regarding:
Nikki Giovanni (from TN)
Theodore Roethke
Philip Booth
Robert Francis

3. TLW Construct poems Use Venn diagram Answer comprehension questions
Defend your answers
Use context clues
Identify figurative language
Identify grammar
Expand your vocabulary

4. Lay out Rubric All items labeled
All poems will be written on separate sheets of paper
Pictures can be used and typed in preferred
Must complete ALL exercises/questions to received an “A” for each unit to the BEST of your ability. Remember I know your ability.
There will a short quiz over authors, vocabulary, and poems for each unit.
Prepare and study each night.
Must keep all work after I return it to you-poems will be used for a separate project to come.

5. Knoxville, TN p 177 Writing Assignment Write answers to:
Pick a season(spring, summer, winter, fall)
Write 7-8 using descriptive writing detailing what occurs during this time, activities, you what enjoy about this season in poem format(stanza set up). You can add pictures/drawing. Must be on separate sheet and labeled.
Breece ex:
Great day! It is warm and the sun is out
I am planning a trip to the beach
I get to run my toes through the sand
Then jump in the water too cool off when hot
The seagulls are plentiful and close in sight
After a day at the beach
We’ll eat ice cream later tonight
What are the 5 foods the poets mentions
List 3 favorite activities mentioned
Analyze how can you confirm the poem was written from a young person’s POV.
Generalized the moods given in the poem.
List the prepositions (9)

6. The Base Stealer p 180 Comprehension Using Venn Diagram
Classify the simile
Identify the Participle phrase
List the verbs
The base stealer was compare to what 3 things?
What verb tense is used-Present, Past, Future. Confirm.
What does delicate mean to the base stealer?
How many stanzas?
Compare and contrast(what is same/different) using 2 poems from this unit. Noting that the speaker is either going to be speaking as an adult or as a child.

7. Child on Top of a Greenhouse p178
Writing-on separate sheet
List the adjectives used (7)
Classify the personification(3)
Confirm which POV- 1,2,3
Analyze for verbs(9)
Generalize how the speaker feels.
In poem format-6-8 sentences
Select an object(cell phone, Ipod, shoes, chair, car etc)
Describe a typical day-using details-listing good and bad
Breece ex:
Baby Doll
I am sitting on this shelf collecting dusk
I am waiting for someone to buy me
To take me home where I am played with and loved.
OH! What joy, I finally have an owner
My owner hugs and talks to me
I am told I will have a sister soon
My family is growing and I am no longer on the shelf.

8. Ego p 179 Comprehension questions:
Writing on separate paper w/title..Add pics if you like
Using context clues, what is the job title?
How is he ranked?
How many stanzas in this poem?
Does the speaker stay focus on his job? What facts are stated?
What is the jargon listed in this poem?
He compared his plane to a ___.
What details suggest that the man had an “ego?”
Note the ending of L2 & L4=Park, dark
These would be rhyming words.
Identify other lines that rhyme.
Write a poem that rhymes using 6-7 lines.
Breece ex:
Writing poetry is easy
It is simple as 1, 2,3
Just try to intrigue me
Its like writing a song
Words are not gone
Simply take from your head
Before you use up all your lead
Your grade will be your reward
As you continue to soar.