Poetry Brownsville Independent School District English Language Arts Specialists

1. PoetryBrownsville Independent School DistrictEnglish Language Arts Specialists

2. Knowledge and Skill Statements K – 12 • Reading/Comprehensionof Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.

3. Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/PoetryStudents understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: • Eng IV/3(A) evaluate the changes in sound, form, figuarative language, graphics, and dramatic structure in poetry across literary time periods. • Eng III/3(A) analyze the effects of metrics, rhyme schemes end, internal, slant, eye), an other conventions in American poetry. • Eng II/3(A) analyze the structure or prosody (e.g., meter, rhyme, scheme) and graphic elements (e.g., line length, punctuation, word position) in poetry. • Eng I/3(A) analyze the effects of diction and imagery (e.g., controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox) in poetry.

4. Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/PoetryStudents understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: • 8th Grade/4(A) compare and contrast the relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms (e.g., epic poetry, lyric poetry). • 7th Grade/4(A) analyze the importance of graphical elements (e.g., capital letters, line length, word position) on the meaning of a poem. • 6th Grade/4(A) explain how figurative language (e.g., personification, metaphors, similes, hyperbole) contributing to the meaning of a poem.

5. Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/PoetryStudents understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: • 5th Grade/4(A) analyze how poets use sound effect (e.g., alliteration, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme) to reinforce meaning in poems • 4th Grade/4(A) explain how the structural elements of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, stanzas, line breaks) relate to form (e.g., lyrical poetry, free verse). • 3rd Grade/6(A) describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse).

6. 3rd Grade (A) describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse). Supporting Standard Reporting Category 2 Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts /The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze literary texts. • 4th Grade (A) explain how the structural elements of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, stanzas, line breaks) relate to form (e.g., lyrical poetry, free verse). Supporting Standard Reporting Category 2 Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts / The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze literary texts. • 5th Grade (A) analyze how poets use sound effects (e.g., alliteration, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme) to reinforce meaning in poems. Supporting Standard Reporting Category 2 Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts / The student will demonstrate an ability to understand and analyze literary texts.

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8. Poetry • a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form • (usually using lines and stanzas) Poetry asks you to feel something (that’s the heart part), not just think about it.

9. Can be short or long • • Manages to say a lot with just a few carefully chosen words • • Is intended to be read aloud • • Is personal and can be about anything and everything • Poetry is Everywhere! • • A very unique form of literature • A special way of capturing experiences or feelings • Good poetry uses vivid imagery • Comes in all shapes and forms POETRY SPEAKS TO THE SENSES Poets create word pictures that build an image in your mind.

10. POET The poet is the author of the poem. SPEAKER The speaker of the poem is the “narrator” of the poem. POINT OF VIEW IN POETRY

11. a unit of meaning (1 word, a phrase, or even a sentence) Line: Stanza: lines that are grouped together (usually each has the same number of lines) Rhyme: The repetition of sounds at the end of lines or with in lines (rhyming pattern) Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of rhyme in a poem (aabb or abab)

12. Rhythm, Rhyme and Repetition Rhythm and Rhyme are some of the most important structural elements in poetry. Repetition actually is the basis of many poetic devices.

13. Rhyme The basic definition of rhyme is two words that sound alike. The vowel sound of two words is the same, but the initial consonant sound is different. Rhyme helps to unify a poem; it also repeats a sound that links one concept to another, thus helping to determine the structure of a poem.

14. Sensory language – is writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses. Senses in language Language can make reference to any or all senses by deliberate use of appropriate sensory words. Note that these can be both direct description and also sensory metaphors.

15. SIGHT Auditory senses are triggered by reference to loudness, timbre, actual words spoken, and so on. He shouted harsh approval at the sound of her pure warbling Italian soprano. The visual sense is referenced by talking about light and dark, shades and hues, visible shape and appearance. Her brilliant red blouse fitted her slim figure like a glove. SOUND

16. Our gustatory senses are closely linked and are often used in the metaphoric sense. She could stomach his words no longer and smelled a bitter rat in his intent. Smell in particularly is powerfully evocative sense and can easily trigger early memories. FEELING TASTE AND SMELL Tactile feeling and emotional feeling are closely connected, as we sense our emotions as tensions and other physical bodily experiences. His heart thumped as he grasped the meaning of her smile.

17. SENSORY IMAGES Help the reader see, hear or feel things. Sensory images are details that appeal to the senses. Imagery may appeal to any of your senses.

18. Literary Terms A good poem and a good song have a lot in common. In both cases, the writer needs to find common ground with their audience to gain their sympathy and maintain their interest. • Literal language – the ordinary language of everyday • Figurative language – use of devices such as figures of speech (similes, metaphors, hyperbole, etc.) Lyrics

19. Types of Poetry Lyrical Poetry Expresses Personal thoughts and Emotions Narrative Poetry Poetry-Tells a story Humorous Poetry funny Free Verse Poetry-does not have a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme

20. Classes of Poetry • Narrative – tells a story • Has a plot and characters, BUT only focus one part of the story • The selection and arrangement of these events make the poem unique. • Has been popular for centuries beginning with the English ballads • Lyrical – expresses personal thoughts, feelings, and/or emotions • Short and musical

21. Poem: a piece of writing often having a rhyme or rhythm which tells a story or describes a feeling Free Verse: poetry that does not have a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme Literal Language: a way in which you express yourself by saying exactly what you mean Characters: the people or animals that act like people in poems that tell a story

22. Free Verse • Written without rhyme or rhythm • Is very conversational – sounds like someone talking with you • Some do not use punctuation or capitalization, or other ways of breaking the rules of grammar. • A more modern type of poetry • Use your “senses” when writing

23. Narrative Poetry • A narrative poem tells a story, but it does it with poetic flair! Many of the same elements that are found in a short story are also found in a narrative poem. • Narrative Poetry is a poem that tells a series of events using poetic devices such as: • Rhythm • Rhyme • Compact Language • Attention to Sound

24. Elements of Narrative Poetry • character • setting • conflict • plot

25. LYRIC • Poetry in which the speaker reveals personal thoughts and feelings. • Comes from the Greek word lyrikos, a short poem sung to the music of the lyre, a small harp-like instrument. • A short poem • Usually written in first person point of view • Expresses an emotion or an idea or describes a scene • Do not tell a story and are often musical • (Many of the poems we read will be lyrics.) Lyric Poetry

26. What’s in a poem? • A poet paints a picture or expresses a feeling with words. • Poems are usually written in a brief songlike manner. • The poet uses unusual combination of words to describe • people, places, and things. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wadsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

27. characters metaphor free verse rhyme scheme stanza line literal language personification poem rhyme simile figurative language

28. Fun poetry websites http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_my_poem.htm http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/what.html http://www.gigglepoetry.com/ http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php Resources ELARS/SLARS CSCOPE HMH Write Source

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