1. The Music of Poetry Objective: –To apply poetic craft tools having to do with the music of poetry to your own poems. Focusing Question: –How can you revise your poem using several musical tools? http://www.writingmatters.org Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary

2. Mini Lesson There are many musical tools that can enhance the meaning and effect/sound of a poem. –Rhyme (internal and external) –Repetition (beginning lines with same word, repeating a line throughout, beginning and ending with same line) –Onomatopoeia –Alliteration –Consonance –Near or Slant Rhyme Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary

3. Mini Lesson Some musical tools that may be less familiar Onomatopoeia: –Words in a poem sound like what they mean as in “pop” or “slap.” Alliteration: –Initial consonant sounds are repeated to make another type of musical rhyme. Consonance and Slant Rhyme Find examples of musical tools in your Poetry Packet (Handout 1.1a) Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary

4. Writer’s Work Time 1.Go to Step 3 of the Online Classroom. 2.Watch DD and JT’s Think Aloud: Using Musical Tools. 3. Download the latest version of your document from the Online Classroom activity Submit Your Revised Poems. 4. Resave your document with a new name on the computer’s desktop. 5. Select and revise one or more of your poems using rhyme, repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia. 6. Resave your work and submit to the Online Classroom activity Submit Your Revised Poems. Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary

5. What revisions have you made to enhance the sound and meaning of our poems? Use your Poetry Rubric (Handout 1.4a) to evaluate LANGUAGE use. What important revisions should your four poems include? Focusing QuestionFocusing Question | Mini Lesson | Writer’s Work Time | Lesson SummaryMini LessonWriter’s Work TimeLesson Summary