Intro to Poetry

1. Intro to Poetry TPC/FASTT Students must understand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding

2. TPC/FASTT • T- Title • Before reading the poem, try to figure out what the poem is going to be about by just looking at the title

3. TPC/FASTT • P-Paraphrase • After reading the poem, now paraphrase the poem line by line or stanza by stanza

4. TPC/FASTT • C-Connotation F-Figurative language • In order to figure out the connotation of a word, we must look at the figurative language being used in the poem. • Look for literary devices and diction

5. TPC/FASTT • A-Attitude • What is the author’s tone

6. TPC/FASTT • S-Shifts • Are there any shifts in the tone or the action? • How do these shifts effect the poem?

7. TPC/FASTT • T-Title • Now that you have broken the poem down, go back and look at the poem’s title • Reevaluate what you thought the title meant in the first step. • Do you still agree with what you said at first?

8. TPC/FASTT • T-Theme • What does the poem mean? • How does it relate to life?

9. Practice • The title of the poem is Dreams by Langston Hughes • T- based upon just knowing the title, what do you think this poem will be about?

10. PracticeDreams By Langston Hughes • Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow. • P- • Paraphrase the poem. • It is only one stanza , so in one sentence, what is this poem saying, in your own words?

11. Practice Dreams by Langston Hughes • Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow. • C/F – Connotation/Figurative Language • Pick out 3 literary devices from the poem and explain what they mean using the connotation

12. PracticeDreams By Langston Hughes • Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow. • A-Attitude • What is Hughes tone? • Some examples of tone, or look up some different tones • Amused, Content, Happy, Pleasant, Appreciative Dreamy, Hopeful, Agitated, Cold, Haughty, Smooth, Angry, Condemnatory, Amused, Droll, Mock-heroic ,Sardonic, Bantering, Facetious, Mocking, Satiric, Bitter, Flippant, Mock-serious Scornful, Caustic, Giddy, Patronizing, Sharp, Comical, Disgusted, Obnoxious, Wrathful, Brash Disinterested, Outraged, Passionate, Vibrant, Confident, Fanciful, Peaceful, Whimsical

13. PracticeDreams by Langston Hughes • Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow. • S-Shifts • Are there any shifts in the tone or the action? • If so, how does this affect the poem?

14. PracticeDreams by Langston Hughes • Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow. • T-Title • Now that you have read the poem and looked at the figurative language in the poem…what does the title mean? • Was your initial prediction correct?

15. PracticeDreams by Langston Hughes • Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow. • T-Theme • What does this poem mean? • How can we relate this poem to real life?

16. PracticeCreate your own Langston Hughes’ poem by filling in your own words • “_______________” by Your Name Hold fast to _________For if ________ die______ is a ____________That cannot ______.Hold fast to ___________For when _________ go________is a _____________Frozen with ___________

17. Assignments • Your Langston Hughes’ poem is #5 on the assignment board. You need to turn in your recreation of the Dreams poem before the end of class. • #6 on the assignment board is to do a magazine analysis over an academic article. Your analysis and the article needs to be turned in by October 14th or October 15th. • YOU HAVE A HANDOUT THAT YOU WERE TO KEEP UP WITH OVER HOW TO DO THE ANALYSIS. THIS IS ALSO ON MY WEBPAGE!