1. https://www. youtube. com/watch. v=VC3BnXBNXPE https://www. youtube
For each of the following sounds, list one characteristic for each of the FIVE senses.
SIGHT
TOUCH
TASTE
SMELL
HEAR
Sound #1
Sound #2
Sound #3
Sound #4

2. MRS. WHITE’S RULES OF POETRY
The “two-read” policy.
Read it in your head FIRST. Then proceed to read aloud
Poetry is interpretive- everyone is entitled to a different opinion
Poetry is not for sissies
Give every poem a chance.

3. “January”
John Updike

4. The days are short, The sun a spark, Hung thin between The dark and dark. Fat snowy footsteps Track the floor. Milk bottles burst Outside the door. The river is A frozen place Held still beneath The trees of lace. The sky is low. The wind is gray. The radiator Purrs all day John Updike
Read #1

5. January has Short, Dark Days
The days are short, The sun a *spark, Hung thin between The dark and dark.
January has Short, Dark Days

6. What year was the poem probably written?
Fat snowy footsteps Track the floor. Milk bottles burst Outside the door.
The poem takes place in the 30s or 40s. Someone is trying to get inside & out of the snow. January is ___.
What year was the poem probably written?

7. Nature is frozen. Everything is still, waiting for ______.
The river is A frozen place Held still beneath The trees of lace.
Nature is frozen. Everything is still, waiting for ______.
Metaphor for what?

8. How does winter make you feel?
The sky is low. The wind is gray. The radiator *Purrs all day.
How does winter make you feel?
How does this make you feel?

9. The days are short, The sun a spark, Hung thin between The dark and dark. Fat snowy footsteps Track the floor. Milk bottles burst Outside the door. The river is A frozen place Held still beneath The trees of lace. The sky is low. The wind is gray. The radiator Purrs all day John Updike
Read #2

10. Modern Poetry Starbucks David Byrne
I look for the Buck? I'm looking for the Starry Eyes? Instead I'm blinded by Free Wi-Fi. Zombies in the gloom, Faces lit with Cell phones, iPads, And Laptops! My Name, they inscribed On my paper cup. The ultimate Accolade. I'm the Star in Starbucks!
Modern Poetry Starbucks David Byrne

11. Create your own Imagery Poem about an experience in your life
Riding the bus, your first kiss, skydiving, cutting the grass, learning to drive, running, playing a sport
Poem must contain at least 30 Lines & 3 Stanzas
Poem must contain rhyming couplets
Must use all 5 senses
You may Type or Hand write NEATLY in INK
DUE MONDAY **This is your first MAJOR grade of the 3rd Nine Weeks Note: Late Poems will be deducted 11 points a day and not be accepted after next Friday.