1. Homework Packet #1 (due Monday, January 11) 1.Anticipation Guide 2.Poetic Devices, Part 1 3.Poetic Devices, Part 2 4.“Stanza Structure” Practice Packet 5.Meter Staple these assignments together IN ORDER, with the Table of Contents sheet on top.

2. Homework Packet #1 (due Monday, January 11) 1.Bio Poem 2.Anticipation Guide 3.Poetic Devices, Part 1 4.Poetic Devices, Part 2 5.“Stanza Structure” Practice Packet 6.Meter Staple these assignments together IN ORDER, with your Table of Contents sheet on top.

3. Meter the rhythm of poetry

4. He was content with the content of the poem. Read this sentence out loud: What is the difference between the two “contents”? One is said con-TENT and the other is CON-tent. The STRESSED and UNSTRESSED syllables are in different places.

5. Meter: the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line

6. Examples of meter marked in poems

7. Syllable How many syllables in these words? Ice Apple Banana Watermelon 1 2 3 4

8. Stressed and Unstressed Underline the stressed syllable. Compare Summer Lovely Eternal Compare Summer Lovely Eternal

9. Types of Meter

11. Types of Lines

12. Five feet Each foot is an iamb Iambic Pentameter

13. Mark the meter of each line. That time of year thou mayst in me behold Tell me not in mournful numbers Just for a handful of silver he left us In the midst of his laughter and glee Cry! Cry! Troy burns!

14. Now mark the meter of Sonnet 18. What do we call this meter? Iambic Pentameter

15. TED Talks: Akala on Shakespeare https://youtu.be/DSbtkLA3GrY

16. Homework (due Monday) Look on pages xxvii to xxx of your 11 th grade textbook. Choose 2 poems and read them. Write down: 1.The name of the poem 2.The author’s name 3.A one-line summary of the poem 4.One literary device in the poem (with a quote from the poem)