Good Afternoon,
We have been working in groups analyzing poems…they should be complete for today…
You will now find a way to “Teach” your poem to the class. Some options: sway, powerpoint, create a video??
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
“If” by Rudyard Kipling
“Oh Captain My Captain” by Walt Whitman
o-captain-my-captain-by-walt-whitman
“I Too Sing America” by Langston Hughes
i-too-sing-america-by-langston-hughes
“Art Reflecting Life” by Thomas King
art-reflecting-life-by-thomas-king
This lesson is about learning rhythm and scansion. It is usually a harder topic to learn. It is regarding how to learn iambic pentameter or trochaic tetrameter for example.
“Casey at the Bat”: please read the poem on the first link. After you read the poem, you can watch the two attached cartoons below. After, you can work on the questions attached to the poem on the first link. The second link is an additional resource.
casey-at-the-bat-with-rhythm-and-scansion
Looking Forward To Next Week: you will be creating Inspiration Poems: You will be presenting/showing these to the class….you can choose any program, software video tools that you think best will work for you….
You will have class time to work on this assignment.