1. Activity 4.2 What is poetry?
Purpose: To activate prior knowledge by exploring beliefs about and experiences with poetry.

2. Review the Common Purposes for Poetry (from your notes/Poetry 101)
What is poetry??

3. “Poetry”, by Pablo Neruda
Explore a published author’s perception of poetry
Second reading:
Read the poem aloud on p
As you read, mark the text with highlighters for imagery.
Have students think, pair, share to explain what these images reveal about Neruda’s feelings about poetry.
Now read the poem silently, using metacognitive markers :
? For a question
* For a comment
_ underline for verbs
! For a connection
“Poetry”, by Pablo Neruda

4. Sense Units- complete thoughts based on punctuation.
Have 5 students read one sense unit each.
How would you answer the question “What is poetry?” from Neruda’s point of view?
Look at Neruda’s stylistic choices:
Repetition
Verb choice
Anaphora-repetition of the same words at the beginnings of two or more lines.
Form-free verse
Sense Units- complete thoughts based on punctuation.

5. ***Reflection:
Complete A Poem about Poetry(page 258) on your own paper.