Good Afternoon

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Good Afternoon

• Please discuss the following question with your
  group members
• What are the rules of poetry?

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Unit 7 Poetry

• Read alouds to develop appreciation
• Writing free-verse poetry
• Figurative Language
• Understanding line breaks as a poetic tool
• Creating interesting/relevant titles
• Illustrating poetry
• Writing with imagery
• Word choice as a writing tool
• No Reading Support Piece

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Tip

• Start building a library collection
• Personal collection
• Public library (teachers get 6 week checkouts)
• School library
• Students

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Lesson 7.1

• Where Poetry Hides
• Creating Free-Verse Poetry

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Lesson 7.1

• Where does poetry hide for you?
• In faded photographs?
• In a baby spoon?
• In your record collection?
• In your dusty tuxedo?
• In a forgotten letter or postcard?
• In a pets eyes?

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Lesson 7.1

• Activity
• Think about the small things in your life and
  make a list of where poetry might be hiding. Be
  prepared to share.

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Lesson 7.1

• Activity
• Write a short free verse poem.

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Lesson 7.1

• Poetry read aloud
• What special words, phrases or lines caught your
  attention?
• Why were they special?
• What did you notice about the arrangement of the
  words?
• What was the mood or tone of the poem?

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Lesson 7.2

• Figurative
• Language
• Similes
• Metaphors

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Lesson 7.2

• Identify the simile/metaphor
• Identify whats being compared
• Why was this comparison chosen?

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Lesson 7.2

• In other words
• What is the authors/poets intention when s/he
  crafted this comparison?

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Lesson 7.2

• TAKS asks students to analyze and understand
  the meaning behind figurative language.
• Mood
• Tone
• Develop characterization
• Create imagery/setting
• State a belief or opinion

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Lesson 7.2

• Activity
• Revise your poem for figurative language.

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Line Breaks (B6)

• According to natural breath
• To emphasize a particular word or phrase
• To counter your natural breath/create tension
• To change the pace of your poem

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Lesson 7.2

• Activity
• Break the following sentence into lines of
  poetry using suggested breaks.
• Imagine overturning the teeming ant hill
  without a qualm, calmly sweeping up its angry
  inhabitants on a long sticky tongue and
  swallowing the lot with relish.

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Lesson 7.3
Your Turn

• Creating Titles
• Choose a word or phrase from beginning.
• Choose a word or phrase from middle.
• Choose a word or phrase from end.
• Create a noun, adjective or verb that captures
  the gist.
• Create an eye catching or startling title.

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Lesson 7.3

• Illustrations

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Lesson 7.3

• When Illustrating a Poem, consider
• Mood or tone of illustration. (Does it match
  mood or tone of poem)
• Colors of illustration. (Do the colors enhance or
  extend poem).
• Think of illustration in same terms as a titleit
  should capture gist or essence.
• Allow students to be creative
• Collages
• PowerPoint presentations
• Photographs
• Chalk

Troy Thompson's Excellent Poetry Book.
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Lesson 7.3

• A word about proofreading (A8)
• Proofreading should focus primarily on spelling.
• Use grammar and punctuation as tools to help
  create
• Effective line breaks/flow of poem
• Emphasis of a word or phrase
• Consistent verb tense and subject/verb agreement.

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Lesson 7.3

• Be flexible.

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Lesson 7.4
Activity

• Six Room Image Poem (B12/B13)

Read aloud marbles
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Lesson 7.4
Activity

• Your turn, with a twist
• Write a color poem using imagery.