1. English Language Arts Level 8 Lesson 24 Mrs. Morrisey

2. Grammar Grabber I will like more tea she said to the server

3. Grammar Grabber “I would like more tea,” she said to the server.

4. Quickwrite: (5 min.) Write the words to your favorite song.

6. Quickwrite: (5 min.) Write the words to your favorite song.

7. Lesson Objectives Lyric Poetry

8. What is Lyric Poetry? (a short poem of song-like quality) More about Lyric Poetry? Rhyme scheme expresses personal and emotional feelings. Does not have to rhyme or be set to music. Examples: Sonnets & Odes

9. Styles of Lyric Poetry Ballad Ode Sonnet Haiku

10. Let's look at some examples!

11. Dying by Emily Dickinson I heard a fly buzz when I died; The stillness round my form Was like the stillness in the air Between the heaves of storm. The eyes beside had wrung them dry, And breaths were gathering sure For that last onset when the king Be witnessed in his power.

12. Dying by Emily Dickinson (cont) I willed my keepsakes, signed away What portion of me I Could make assignable and then There interposed a fly, With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, Between the light and me; And then the windows failed, and then I could not see to see.

13. The Shakespearean Sonnet SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines,

14. SONNET 18 (cont) By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

15. Steps to Writing Lyric Poetry Step 1: Research the different types. Step 2: Pick a topic to express a deep personal feeling. Step 3: Choose a style that you feel comfortable writing. Step 4: Write each verse. Watch rhythm.

16. 1. Definition of Lyric Poetry 2. Examples of Lyric Poetry 3. Steps for Writing Lyric Poetry What did we learn in this lesson?

17. Read “Mother to Son” and “Willow to Ginko”. Write a lyric poem of your own.