What Is Poetry?
Please read "What is Poetry" by Dan Rifenburgh, and answer the questions at the end of the article. |
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Black Out Poem
Level 1: Easy-Peasy View the video to the left for directions on how to create a black out poem. Using one of the passages provided (or literally any other page from any other book), & please assemble a black out poem of your own! See some examples below: |
Found Poem
Level 1: Easy-Peasy Today, your job is to create a found poem using words from a literary passage. Click the buttons to the left to find:
Challenge:
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List Poem
Level 1: Easy-Peasy A "List Poem" uses a catalogue or inventory of things, people, ideas or descriptions as a device to express a particular idea or theme. In class, together:
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Haiku-Inspired Poetry
Level 1: Easy-Peasy Please visit the Haiku Example Page to learn more about haiku. Please compose at least three haiku-inspired, short-form poems in your journal. Try to make one of them as near as possible to a traditional haiku poem. |
Extended Metaphor Poem
Level 2: A little challenging Visit the extended metaphor example page & Visit blogger Michelle Brunet's post, "How to Write Extended Metaphor Poems." Please compose a free verse extended metaphor poem. (If you prefer, your poem may be blank verse, or rhyming verse.) Literarydevices.net lists the features of free verse poetry as follows:
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Dialogue Poem
Level 2: A little challenging Please read the Dialogue Poem Example Page & "How to Write a Dialogue Poem." In your journal, please compose a dialogue that takes the shape of a poem.
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Ballad
Level 2: A little challenging Today's challenge is to compose a ballad poem.
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Sestina
Level 3: Challenging |
Stream-of-Consciousness Poem
Level 2: A little challenging |
Sonnet
Level 3: Challenging |
Week 2: Pre-write & Rough Draft
Poetry Self Edit
1. Please read the article linked to the left: "Breaking the line: An exercise for revision in poetry" 2. After completing the peer editing process, please print out a revised copy of your poems. 3. For each of your 4 or 5 poems, choose the most appropriate self-editing exercise from the articles, and implement it. 4. Please note the type of self-editing exercise you perform for each, and show your revisions on the clean copy of your poems. 5. This self-edit will be turned in with your polished poetry. |