1. P OETRY U NIT S.C.O.S: 5.01 and 5.02

2. W ARM - UP : Write a definition for each word in the homograph pairs below: Hair/hare Flour/flower Pail/pale Reign/rein

3. W HAT IS P OETRY ? It is a way of organized writing that uses lines instead of paragraphs. Elements of Poetry: Form Sound Figurative Language Imagery

4. E LEMENTS OF P OETRY Form: the way it looks on the page Types of Form: Stanza: groups of lines (4,6,8) Blank Verse: lines have rhythm but do not rhyme Free Verse: lines have no rhythm or rhyme Rhymed: word at the end of some lines rhyme or sound alike Couplet: 2 consecutive lines that rhyme

5. E LEMENTS OF POETRY Sonnet: 14 lines with a particular rhyme scheme Haiku: a poem of 3 lines with specific syllables in each line (5, 7, 5) and mostly about nature Concrete: a poem that makes a picture on the page Internal rhyme: 2 or more words in the same line rhyme. Ex: The cat in the hat.

6. S OUND Helps express meaning and emotions Types of Sound : Rhythm : pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables Rhyme : words that sound the same or similar (hat, cat) Alliteration: repeating beginning consonant sounds (big, black bear) Assonance : repeating vowel sounds (the cat in the hat sat on a tac) Onomatopoeia : a word that represents a sound (bang, hiss, pop)

7. F IGURATIVE L ANGUAGE Language that is NOT meant word for word Types of Figurative Language : Simile : a comparison that uses the words LIKE or AS Metaphor : a comparison that DOES NOT use the words like or as Personification: giving human actions or features to something that is not human, (the stars winked at me) Hyperbole: an exaggeration (He weighs a ton!) Idiom: a phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning. (Hit the books) Oxymoron: opposite or contradictory terms used in a combined form (pretty ugly)

8. I MAGERY Word or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses “I could taste the sourness of the lemon as it made my lips pucker.”

9. K INDS OF P OEMS Narrative : poems that tell a story Epic : a long poem about a hero Ballad : a poem that was originally sung (we still call songs ballads) Dramatic: a poem that has a conversation among characters. Think Shakespeare! Lyric: a poem that expresses that poet’s thoughts and feelings

10. T ODAY IS T UESDAY, S EPTEMBER 7, 2010 Warm-up: Identify the simile in the following example. Copy the lines in this poem and underline the simile in each line.: “ The willow is like an etching, fine lined against the sky. The ginkgo is like a crude sketch, hardly worthy to be signed.”

11. T ODAY IS W EDNESDAY, S EPTEMBER 8, 2010 Warm-up: In your own words answer the following question: What is a haiku?

12. H AIKU From the Japanese we have inherited the sensitive yet powerful haiku (high-coo). It is a three-line, seventeen syllable, unrhymed poem about nature. It captures a moment in nature or in life and allows the reader to visualize the scene.

13. L ETS LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES : An old silent pond (5) A frog jumps into the pond (7) Splash, silence again.(5) Basho What images do you see when you hear this poem?

14. In the darkest woods (5) A weeping willow tree cries (7) Who made such sadness? (5) G.Lipson What images do you see when you hear this poem? What are the descriptive phrases used in this poem?

15. L ET ’ S P RACTICE : Take these words and turn them into descriptive phrases: For example: lake can be used like this: A lazy, placid lake. Sun Willow tree Night sky Ocean Beach

16. T ODAY IS T HURSDAY, S EPTEMBER 9, 2010 Warm-up: Write 2 definitions for each word below: Count Down Fast Fly

17. T ODAY ’ S A GENDA : Take out your haiku worksheets With a Partner share your haiku’s and answer the following questions together: Does the first line in my poem have 5 syllables? Does the second line in my poem have 7 syllables? Does the last line in my poem have 5 syllables? What is my partner’s haiku about? Are there any mispelled words in my haiku? What changes will you make to make your haiku more descriptive?

18. F INALIZE H AIKU On a clean sheet of regular or construction paper, re-write your haiku and decorate it. Put you First and Last name, class period, and today’s date on the back of your poem.

19. T ODAY IS F RIDAY, S EPTEMBER 10, 2010 Warm-up: Write 3 definitions for each homograph: Lap Meter Pound Spell