1. Soul Moon Soup by Lindsay Lee Johnson
Rhythm
October 1st, 2015

2. I will create rhythm within
Today’s Objective:
I will create rhythm within
my 3 narrative poems

3. Activities Snippet: Writing Review Poem Requirements
Mini-Lesson: Rhythm in poetry (10)
Re-Format Poems with Rhythm (5)

4. Add details for setting/mood to your 1st poem.
Quick Write:
Add details for setting/mood to your 1st poem.
Revision
Revision 1: Add words that appeal to the 5 senses.

5. Your Narrative Poems (Due Friday)
5 literary elements of the 6 below:
Plot
Conflict
Setting
Point of View
Character
Theme
2 craft tools of the 3 below or others:
Variation in Rhythm (caesura, enjambment, etc. )
Imagery
Figurative Language
Poem requirements:
write 3 or more poems of 15 lines or more each (so 45+ total lines)
counts as a formative assessment
grade based on MYP Rubric (C: Producing Text / D: Using Language)
Structure of 3 poems:
1st poem = introduction of character, setting, and conflict
2nd poem = development of conflict (i.e. rising action and climax)
3rd poem = conclusion and illustration of the theme (i.e. falling action and resolution)

6. Other Sets of Poems DRAWING: IN CLASS “Doodles” (20)
“Teacher Trouble” (37)
“Daring to Draw” (62)
“Drawing Again” (65)
“A Little Something for Mama” (125)
“Feasting on Soul Moon Soup” (132)
DADDY:
“Who I Am” (9)
“Remembering Daddy” (16)
“Life with Daddy” (17)
“Necessary and Gone” (29)
THE SUITCASE:
“Necessary Burdens” (14)
“The Last Burden Falls Away” (39)
“Mama Looks Deeper” (128)
MAMA:
“Making Jam with Gram” (67)
“More Sorry Secrets” (71)
“Compensation” (76)
“The Last of It” (108)

7. Writing Draft your 3 poems. 15+ lines each
1st poem = introduction of character, setting, and conflict
2nd poem = development of conflict (i.e. rising action and climax)
3rd poem = conclusion and illustration of the theme (i.e. falling action and resolution)

8. RHYTHM The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem
Rhythm can be created by meter, rhyme, and alliteration.

9. STOMP! Clap SLAP ONOMATOPOEIA
Words that imitate the sound they are naming
BUZZ
OR sounds that imitate another sound
STOMP!
Clap
SLAP

10. ALLITERATION Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Activity: Alliteration group game

11. Rhythm Poems “Fading Fast” pg. 35 “Compensation” pg. 76
“Push and Pull” pg. 99

12. Adding Rhythm Revisit your drafted poems: How can I re-write my poems,
in line/stanza format,
adding elements of rhythm.

13. By the END of class you should have…
your 3 poems drafted (Rough Drafts)