In addition, I explained to the class that their assigment on Friday will be to enter their essay in the computer at school at meet basic ICT expectations. I gave them the information and their essays back but they will have class time on Friday. If you were not here, your essay and the information is in your portfolio.
Lesson on How to Analyze Poetry
In
today’s class, you will need your pens/highlighters out so I can teach you
AMAZING things about the reading of poetry!!!!
Reading
poetry is a lot like reading prose
(which is everything but
poetry)… you need to do it actively. Today, I will give you a poem and
then we will analyze it together. I will give you the steps to analysis (which
you can write on the back of the poem I am giving you) and then put this in an
easily accessible place for reference (along with your MOSES sheet).
How to Read a
Poem
1.
Look at the title of the poem. What
might it mean? Write down what you think in one or two words beside it. (this is no different than looking at the
title of a book or short story… it is just part of the “seeing” before judging…flip
the page over and look at the title now. Put down a couple of words to explain
the title in your own words.
2.
Look at the
layout of the poem. Note the number of stanzas, lines, rhyme scheme and any
layout that deviates from a flush left, parallel set-up. Write these down.
3.
Read the poem
through, highlighting
and paying attention to periods, commas and other punctuation marks (read it properly). During this
read, also highlight
words that are not familiar.
4.
Look up
definitions of the highlighted words and put them on the page near the word
they are defining.
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