1. Rhythm of Poetry Day 2- Is it important???
Day 1= What IS poetry?
Day 3= What makes it “good?”
Day 4= The Effects of Poetry
Day 5= What will your verse be?

2. Our definition from yesterday: 5 minutes
Poetry is “A creative form of transformative (art) with endless possibilities that gives a unique way of expressing yourself and the things around you.”
How can mediums, other than writing, be “poetic?”
Journal: Where do you see poetry in the world around you (the conventional definition OR our definition)
Journal: why do YOU think we read and write poetry?

3. In other words minutes
“Poetry is a form of expressive writing that can be enhanced visually, musically or kinesthetically to convey a particular theme.”
Transformative, creative, possibilities, unique, things around you <- how can these concepts be integrated into the definition above?

4. Journal your thoughts. (what do you think, how do you feel
Journal your thoughts. . .(what do you think, how do you feel?) 10 minutes
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, 'O me, O life of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless. Of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer: that you are here. That life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.' What will your verse be?" - Dead Poet's Society

5. What does it mean? 5 minutes
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
To quote from Whitman, 'O me, O life of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless. Of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer: that you are here. That life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.' What will your verse be?" -Dead Poet's Society

6. Is it poetic? 5 minutes
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, 'O me, O life of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless. Of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer: that you are here. That life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.' What will your verse be?" -Dead Poet's Society
Yes. . .
No. . .

7. How does this quote impact identity? 3 minutes
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, 'O me, O life of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless. Of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer: that you are here. That life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.' What will your verse be?" - Dead Poet's Society

8. What does this quote tell us about humanity
What does this quote tell us about humanity?/ How could it impact our world? 5 minutes
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, 'O me, O life of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless. Of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer: that you are here. That life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.' What will your verse be?" - Dead Poet's Society

9. Is poetry important? 10 minutes
The quote says “yes” and yet, this is the smallest class in the camp (even though it’s the COOLEST!) ;D
What turns people AWAY from poetry?
Why do so many people dislike (even HATE poetry?)
Do YOU think it’s important?

10. Is poetry important? 45 minutes
Jay Z
Business dude
Huffington Post Article
Why Poetry?
As we look at each of these, journal EVERY REASON THAT YOU HEAR/READ about WHY poetry is important
In each example, how do poetry and identify affect one another?

11. Performance Task30 minutes
Funding has been subtracted from the school budget and the school board has to decide what programs to cut. In exchange for keeping math and science, they are looking to get rid of the poetry classes! They claim that, “poetry is too abstract and that it does not apply to real-world jobs.” They also claim that, “it does not have anything to do with math or science” (areas that the school needs to improve on.)
Your task is to come up with an argument for or against keeping poetry in the school system.

12. Don’t forget. . .
Don’t forget to include our essential understandings in your argument:
1. Identity affects art.
2. Art affects identity.
3. Art and humanity share an interdependent relationship?
You will each present your argument and the most convincing will receive a prize tomorrow! ;D

13. Extra time?
Based on our tiny class size, interest in poetry for kids is decreasing!  Create posters and advertisements that help bring interest in poetry to your peers.
Think about things you’ve learned from this class. . .
Think about what kids your age like, how does poetry play a role in that? . . .
Your posters should be colorful, neat, AND FUN!

14. Wrap up. . . 3-5 minutes Is poetry important?
Why/Why not? (Think individual, local, global)
How did poetry affect the identity of the examples we’ve looked at?
How did the people we looked at impact poetry?
How does poetry affect humanity?

15. Be thinking for tomorrow. . .
Tomorrow we’re going to talk about the effect the poetry has had on humanity, so start thinking of songs that you KNOW have transformed you, the world around you, or society as a whole. It can be popular songs that have changed your peers, or songs from WAY back in history. . . Be ready to discuss.