Week of April 23rd-27th

4/23-Read and annotate the narrative poem “Oranges” by Gary Soto 

   -use rough draft organizer to  begin planning individual narrative poems

4/24- Students use their rough draft to write their final Narrative Poem 

4/25-Students are introduced to lyrical poem. Students complete their own lyrical poem.

4/26-Students are introduced to dramatic poem and must write their own. 

       -Review for Quiz 

4/27-Poetry Quiz

       -Students will be given rubric for summative assessment. Students take old drafts of poems (autobiography, acrostic, lyrical, dramatic,  free verse, Limerick, haiku, and narrative) and create their poetry final drafts for the portfolio. 

 

 

STUDY GUIDE FOR FRIDAY’S TEST

Terms to Know (as applied to a poem)

haiku

alliteration

white space

simile/metaphor (know the difference)

onomatopoeia

rhyming

personification

tone

imagery

S.I.F.T (symbols, imagery, figurative language, tone, theme)

POEM THAT WILL BE USED ON THE TEST:

How to Eat a Poem by Eve Merriam

Don’t be polite.

Bite in.

Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that

 

may run down your chin.

It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.

 

You do not need a knife or fork or spoon

or plate or apkin or tablecloth.

 

For there is no core

or stem

or rind

or pit

or seed

or skin

to throw away.

BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THESE TYPES OF POEMS:

Haiku

Free verse

Limerick

Acrostic