1. Choose one of the quotes about poetry on the “Observations About Poetry Sheet” and write a three sentence response. What is the speaker saying about poetry? Do you agree or disagree? Can you relate? Can you think of any other art form or aspect of life to which the quote could also apply?

2. Use your senses Paraphrase Draw inferences about the speaker Read in sentences

3. A stanza is a set of connected lines of a poem, usually no longer than twelve lines. Branches bare pierce chilling air, Whip-like in their arching state. Clothing lost in morning frost Leave more than half a seasons wait A poem is made up of multiple stanzas that are spaced apart.

4. The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem Grounded linger each lost finger (a) Pointing at a fallen friend (b) Curling, cold, dew drops they hold (c) All cuddled close for certain end (b) In this poem, the rhyme scheme is abcb.

5. Read the poem Circle the stanzas Identify the rhyme scheme Answer the response question When analyzing the poem, which strategies did you use?

6. Submit your memoir final draft to Turnitin.com by 11:59 pm tonight Bring in a hard copy of the lyrics of your favorite (or one of your favorite) song Periods 4 & 6: Wordly Wise Lesson 1

7. Please have your song lyrics out to be stamped. If you didn’t bring them in, try to pull them up on your cell phone.

8. Divide the lyrics into stanzas (if they aren’t already) Identify the rhyme scheme Circle the stanza with the most powerful lyrics. Why are the lyrics so powerful to you? How do they make you feel? Write a one sentence response next to the stanza.

9. Darth Vader decided to crush the rebel soldier. Luke Skywalker will rebel against his father’s wishes. Even though the word “rebel” is spelled the same, it is pronounced differently due to the stress placed on the syllables. In the first sentence, the “re” is stressed while the “bel” is unstressed. In the second sentence, the “bel” is stressed while the “re” is unstressed.

10. / / U U / U U / U / U / U Darth Vader decided to crush the rebel soldier. Use a / symbol to mark the syllables that are stressed. Use a U symbol to mark the syllables that are unstressed. Choose one stanza of your song lyrics and identify the stressed and unstressed syllables.

11. Meter is a recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a poem. / / U U / U U / U / U / U Darth Vader decided to crush the rebel soldier. Is there a recurring pattern in the above line? Now check your lyrics for a recurring pattern. If there isn’t one, then there is no meter.

12. U / U / U / U / U / Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? U / U / U / U / U / Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Do these lines exhibit a meter? If so, what is it?

13. Iambic pentameter is a style of meter most associated with William Shakespeare, both within his plays and in his sonnets. An iamb is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Pent means “five,” so therefore one line of iambic pentameter consists of five iambs, or five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables.

14. Read “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare and identify the meter and the rhyme scheme.

15. Consists of three quatrains (a four-line stanza) of alternating rhyme scheme (each stanza has a different scheme) and one couplet (a stanza with two rhyming lines written in meter). Written in praise of someone or something. Who or what do you think Shakespeare is praising? In your groups, paraphrase the poem line- by-line.

16. Follow the instructions on the back side of “Sonnet 18” and try to write your own quatrain of iambic pentameter. If you want to challenge yourself, give it a rhyme scheme of abab. Then try to write another quatrain in iambic pentameter without using the template. If you want to challenge yourself, make it part of a sonnet by giving it a rhyme scheme of abab and have it praise someone or something.