Good Afternoon!
*Reminder: Poetry Terms Quiz
*Let’s Catch Up…how are you all doing?
*Analysis of Poems: how did it go??
You will be creating a Chart on Office 365….and in groups (of three hopefully!) you will be analyzing the following poems. What will your path be? my hope is that you not only analyze these poems, but also discuss their meaning…you will need the analyzing poetry sheet.
“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
Kahoot: https://create.kahoot.it/details/figurative-language/819f2075-6927-4010-9155-3b39e9414d31
https://create.kahoot.it/details/figurative-language/52c39f28-babc-45e3-a51e-35ba1f146703
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 having a poetry test…so you may want to review…
*Write a love poem!