WORLD LITERATURE Week 34

Do Now ◦Take the next 7 minutes to Free-Write.

Creative Writing: Poetry Unit ◦May 9 th -June 10 th ◦Analyze a variety poetry ◦Understand how and why poetry matters ◦Recite and create your own poetry ◦Build a portfolio of your own poetry

Objectives ◦SWBAT Explain the meaning and purpose of poetry. ◦SWBAT Analyze the meaning of poetry to the authors Billy Collin’s and Nikki Giovanni. ◦SWBAT Use TPCASTT to interpret the meaning of poetry in the poems “ Introduction to Poetry” and “Kidnap Poems”. ◦CRS: CLR 603, ARG 602

Turn and Talk ◦What does poetry mean to you? How does poetry make you feel? ◦

How to analyze poetry?

TP-CASTT is an ACRONYM for… T itle P araphrase C onnotation A ttitude S hift T itle T heme It is a method to help us understand, appreciate, and communicate about poetry and the power of words. 7

T is for TITLE ◦Analyze the title first. ◦What do you predict this poem will be about?

READ THE POEM!!!!

P is for PARAPHRASE ◦Paraphrasing is putting something in your own words. ◦After reading the poem, rewrite it in your own words. ◦This may be three sentences or a page, depending on the particular poem.

C is for CONNOTATION ◦Analyze the figures of speech and sound effects of the poem. ◦These are the poetry vocabulary we have already studied. ◦These elements add to the meaning.

A is for ATTITUDE ◦Tone is the attitude of the speaker toward the subject of the poem.

S is for SHIFT ◦If there is a change in… ◦Time ◦Tone ◦Speaker This should always be noted as this will also affect the meaning.

T is for TITLE (again) ◦At this time, you should reconsider the title. ◦Were you right in your predictions? ◦What other meanings might the title have in light of your analysis?

T is for THEME ◦As you already know, theme is the general insight into life conveyed by the author through his/her work. ◦To find the theme: ◦Look at the other parts of TPCASTT. ◦What insight are all of these working together to convey? ◦What is the poet trying to say about life?

Assignment ◦As a class, we will complete a TPCASST of Billy Collin’s poem, “Introduction to Poetry”. After wards, you will independently complete your own TPCASTT of Nikki Giovanni’s “Kidnap Poem”.

Exit Ticket ◦What does Collins and Giovanni think the purpose of poetry is? ◦CWPA Grade: 5 points

Homework ◦Bring a printed copy of your favorite poem. Be prepared to do a dramatic reading (recitation) in front of the class.

Tuesday, May 10 th, 2016 ◦Silent Sustained Reading (20 minutes)

Objectives ◦SWBAT Perform a dramatic reading of their favorite poem.

Homework ◦Complete a TPCASST of your favorite poem.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 ◦ACT Passage (15 questions=9 minutes) ◦Afterwards, create a Master key of the answers with your groups. ◦The score of your group will be your grade! ◦CW Grade: 15 points

Objective ◦SWBAT Construct a poem using either Introductory Adverbs or Introductory Prepositional Phrases.

Assignment ◦Review the model assignment. ◦Observe how each poem is created. ◦Choose which skill you want to use. (Introductory Adverbs or Prepositional Phrases. ◦Use the model poems as a guide to create your own poem. ◦Be prepared to share!

Homework ◦Complete the handout on mixed grammar. ◦HW Grade: 10 points

Thursday, May 12, 2016 ◦SSR 20 minutes

Objectives ◦SWBAT Explain the meaning of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken. ◦SWBAT Create a poem that reflects an alternate outcome of a regretted decision. CRS: ARG 603

Robert Frost ◦American Poet (March 26, 1874, January 29, ◦Dramatic writer, who targets real life situations. ◦Critics argue that his work is very honest and serious. ◦"Frost's best work explores fundamental questions of existence, depicting with chilling starkness the loneliness of the individual in an indifferent universe."

“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost ◦Complete a TPCASTT of the poem. ◦We will discuss what this poem means afterwards.

Next… ◦Now complete the questions at the bottom of your handout. ◦Ultimately, you will create a poem that reflects the alternate outcome of a decision you made, but regret.

Homework ◦If not finished, complete poem.

Friday, May 13, 2016 ◦Take out your poem! ◦We will do a Round Robin.

Round Robin ◦Imagine that you are in a circle with your groups. ◦Pass your poem to each other going clockwise. ◦Make sure to read each person’s poem. ◦Tell them something positive about their poem.

Objective ◦SWBAT Analyze a peer’s poem using TPCASST ◦CRS: CLR 602, ARG 603

Assignment ◦Now that you have read different poems from your peers. Select a poem you really liked and use TPCASST to really analyze its meaning.

Homework ◦Read a new poem over the weekend!