Poetry

= = =Essential Questions:= = = = = = COURSE COMPETENCIES: =
 * ===**What is beauty?**===
 * ===**What do we consider beauty?**===
 * =**How is beauty cultural? **=
 * Students will demonstrate the writing process.
 * Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze and critique written or spoken arguments and write arguments that support claims with reasoning and sufficient evidence.
 * Students will write informative/explanatory pieces to convey information and ideas accurately and clearly.
 * Students will be able to apply Standard English rules to communicate effectively.
 * Students will apply and acquire vocabulary through speaking, listening, reading, writing, and the use of vocabulary strategies.
 * Students will demonstrate the ability to speak, listen and view effectively for a variety of purposes.
 * Students will demonstrate the ability to read, comprehend, analyze, and critique a variety of increasingly complex literary texts.
 * Students will demonstrate the ability to read, comprehend, analyze, and critique a variety of increasingly complex informational texts

=Big Buddies:= [|Giggle Poetry]

=[|Song Analysis]=

[|Poetry Terms]
==[|Blackout Poetry]==

=Poem Resources:= [|List of poems]

[|How to read a poem outloud]

=Art:=

Starry Night by Van Gogh


=Poems of the Day:= [|"Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins]

[|"Barter" by Sara Teasdale]

[|"The Sound of the Sea" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]

"The Calm Sea" Painting


[|"I wandered lonely as a cloud" by William Wordsworth]

[|"Long live the weeds" by Theodore Roethke]

[|"Ode to the Onion" by Pablo Neruda]

[|"Fried Beauty" by R.S. Gwynn]

[|"Dreams" by Langston Hughes]

[|"She walks in beauty" by Lord Byron]

The Skaters

Black swallows swooping or gliding In a flurry of entangled loops and curves, The skaters skim over the frozen river. And the grinding click of their skates as they impinge upon the surface, Is like the brushing together of thin wing-tips of silver.

John Gould Fletcher

=SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT:=

[|Create a poem]

 * Community Poem Project **
 * **Choose a poem and share it with your class, your school and your community.**
 * Go online and choose a poem that you like. Use the following web resources, books from the poetry section in Mrs. Innes' room or the library:**

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 * ** Submit your poem to Mrs. Innes for approval **
 * ** Copy and paste the poem and author into your “Journal” **


 * ** Reflect upon this poem: **
 * ** Why do you want to share this poem? **
 * ** What do you think this poem means? **
 * ** Explain what you like about this poem. **
 * ** What emotional responses does this poem elicit from you? Why? **
 * ** Can you make any connections to the poem? If so, explain **