Poetry+Presentations

Revisiting the World of Verse

Objective: to juxtapose the construction of theme and mood through diction, figurative language, and prosody from two poems

Working in partners within your class period and a set of partners from the other class period, you will read and analyze two assigned poems. Things on which to focus: 1. **Dramatic situation**: what “plot,” if any, is there to the poem? What “setting”? 2. **Theme**: what observation about life is the poet making? Remember, themes have verbs and qualifiers. 3. **Mood**: what feeling does the language and theme evoke? 4. **Figurative language**: what metaphors, personification, simile, imagery, hyperbole, etc. is there? Why is it there? 5. **Structure**: how is the poem organized? Why are there (not) breaks where they are? 6. **Prosody**: is there (not) a regular rhyme? What effect does it have? Are there (not) a specific number of syllables per line? What effect does it have?

//After discussing and answering these questions, juxtapose the answers from each poem to discern what is common and what is not.//

As partners, you are the masters of your two poems and must present them to the class so they can master them. Everyone will have read every poem, but you must present your analysis to the class as well as create an activity for your peers that will enhance understanding of the poem and your analysis of it. You will have 3 days of class time to collaborate and one class period to present.
 * Presentation**

Tools available for presentation //(You are not limited to these tools and I recommend using multiple modes; some may be used in tandem)// PowerPoint/Keynote/Prezi GarageBand - podcasting iMovie - video iPhoto - slideshows interactive whiteboard lesson iTunes, grooveshark, playlist - songs YouTube - video clips Pages - templates acting/charades Inpsiration elmo document projector ipods

Tools available for possible activities //(You are not limited to the activities on this list and can use one or a combination of them)// paper/pencil (to compose) question-answer google forms (to analyze) google docs (to collaborate) edmodo (to discuss) wiki (to discuss, to connect) wallwisher (to deconstruct, to connect) webspiration (to collaborate) ipods

Links to google docs for collaboration and brainstorming: The Waking and I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud The Road Not Taken and Song of Myself A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning and To His Coy Mistress The Glass and Sestina The White City and Nikki-Rosa

** Presentations will Thursday, March 3. We will be presenting in the Board Room as a large group beginning in homeroom and running through E period. **

In addition to your presentations, EVERYONE must read each of the poems (listed above) to be presented by Wednesday, March 2. For each poem, explicate for elements in the anthology and compose one how/why question to be submitted on a note-card.

This is the rubric by which your presentations will be assessed: