Do Now What Do You Know About Poetry ?

1. Do NowWhat Do You Know About Poetry?

3. Guiding Questions • What is poetry? • Why do people write poetry? • How do poets use literary devices to create meaning? • How do the structures of poems help to create meaning? How do poets both use and break the rules of punctuation (commas, semi-colons, periods, dashes, etc.) and capitalization to create meaning? • How can I affect the meaning of a poem based on my own reading and interpretation? • How can I (the student) use poetry to express my sense of self and identity and address issues and themes that are important to me?

4. Goals and Objectives We will…. • understand what poetry is. • understand literary terms relevant to poetry. • increase vocabulary by studying unfamiliar words in the poetry we read. • be able to identify, analyze a variety of poetic devices (feel like we have a set of tools to help us approach poetry). • perform poetry. • not be scared of poetry! • successfully write our own poetry.

5. Overview of Unit • 4-5 weeks • Read a variety of poems by different poets • Study literary & poetic devices • Write short responses • Read aloud and perform poetry - poetry slams • Write our own poetry

6. Music & Lyrics as Poetry

7. First Song:Grenade, by Bruno Mars

8. Second Song:River of Dreams, by Billy Joel

9. Homework • 1) Find and bring in the lyrics to a song in English.Be prepared to explain what it means and how you might see it as poetry. • (Remember: the song must be appropriate to share in school!). • 2) Read the lyrics to the song “Volcano” and answer the questions on the back. • We will listen to the song at the beginning of class tomorrow.