"I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose,—words in their best order; poetry,—the best words in their best order."
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
Today our goal is to despise poetry just a little less. Poetry can seem impenetrable, mysterious, and foreign. You have been working independently to find a poem from our library books and national poetry organizations that you can enjoy. Poems really aren't meant to be analyzed, parsed, and picked apart on an open ended response- that's not why writers write. Poems are first and foremost meant to be enjoyed!
Todays Celebration Agenda:
Bell Ringer: Exquisite Corpse Activity - Write a creative/nonsense/silly line of poetry using the following pattern: Adjective noun verb adjective noun. * you may add articles (the, a, an) and verb tenses. Ex: Many windows crack loudly. Bird! Broken bikes bumble down the bumpy path. The glittering trousers flew off the big stage. The jealous sky rained all over the fresh earth. A lonely plant gazed wishfully through the window. * We will take these "body parts" and put them together into one whole poem at the end of class. Public Speaking/Performing Practice: Please give each performer a rating out of 8. See below for things to look for. *from our TED Talk rubric... *Eye Contact is used to scan audience for 2-5 seconds at a time, glancing at notes only for support. (2) *Voice is easy to hear and understand. (2) *All words are pronounced correctly or any errors in pronunciation or sentence structure are clarified. (2) *Gestures and body language emphasize important points and do not distract from the message. (2) |
4. If you would like to display your poem in the classroom, you will pass your poem copy forward. 5. At this point we will break up into stations! Each group has a Weebly page to direct them through the activity! * One group will be developing an understanding of why we remember Shakespeare 451 years later. |