Activator: February 23, 2009 In your own words explain what “poetry” is. What elements make a poem? Does a poem have a certain look, length, feel, purpose?

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Activator: February 23, 2009 In your own words explain what “poetry” is. What elements make a poem? Does a poem have a certain look, length, feel, purpose? Explain.

Picture Activity Take a good look at this picture and all the details. Write ONE sentence of less than 20 words that describes the image you see here.

What makes a poem? What is a poem? What makes a poem a poem? Put your sentence aside until later. Look at your activator in order to discuss and chart these questions. What is a poem? What makes a poem a poem? Does a poem have a certain look, length, feel, purpose?

Dictionary Definition of “Poetry.” Webster’s: Writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm. Literature Book: A type of literature in which ideas and feelings are expressed in compact, imaginative, and often musical language. Poets arrange words in ways designed to touch readers’ senses, emotions, and minds. Most poems are written in lines which may contain patterns of rhyme and rhythm. These lines may be grouped into stanzas.

What are the poem-like qualities in this piece? Is it a poem? So much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. What are the poem-like qualities in this piece? Is it a poem? What makes it/ does not make it a poem?

What makes a poem? What makes a sentence? Poem Sentence

Poetic Terms Review handout on Poetry Terms (keep handout for future quiz on terms) In groups, read the poem “The Witch of Willowby Wood” Complete the Poetry Terms Chart using this poem.

Homework Handout: Using your sentence from earlier in today’s lesson, fill out the worksheet “A Sentence as a poem.” Make sure you use some of the terms we discussed in class today to help you.