Recitation Analysis

Starter 11

1. Read your Tredecim out loud to your group.
2. Trade with one person.  Read their poem.
3. Write for your starter:  What's the best line of their poem?  Explain why it's effective, and what it makes you think and feel.  What simile/metaphor is weakest?  What makes it weak?

TURN IN: STARTERS 7-11, TREDECIM.

Work Priorities

1. Read and annotate your recitation poem for devices, tone, vocab, and message.
2. Work on your written analysis.  Outline, draft, then see Lori for feedback.
3. Memorize your poem.  See the assignment handout for tips on how to do this!

HOMEWORK

1. Work on memorizing your poem!  Poem Recitation Schedule is linked here.  Remember, your written analysis of your poem is due the day that you recite.

Tredecim and Recitation Poem

Starter 10

1. Choose your favorite piece of figurative language from the examples on the board.
2. Write it + the author name.
3. Chart it like you did yesterday in class: Identify the subject and what it's being compared to, list the similarities, and explain in a few sentences what the author is trying to convey with the comparison.
4. Draw the image this piece of language makes in your mind.

Tredecim

Choose the topic you're most likely to do for your final poem.  Write a Tredecim about that concept, or about an object related to that concept.  Play with the power of figurative language here- make your comparisons insightful and interesting!

Recitation Poems

1. Tell Lori your poem choice
2. Sign up for a time and day to recite
3. Read and annotate.  Look for: vocabulary, devices, tone, message/perspective
4. Outline your written analysis: Analysis Outline Handout
5. Work on memorizing your poem

HOMEWORK

Finish Tredecim if you didn't in class.  DUE: Start of class, Friday.

Figurative Language

Starter 9: Peace Poems
Describe your peace organization to your group, and share 3 facts about them with your group.  Listen to their descriptions.

Write a 10-12 line poem (if you go a little over, that's okay) that is inspired by one of the organizations.  Make sure it includes two of the following devices: Turn, Symbol, Metaphor or Simile.

Figurative Language
Complete the worksheet linked above to analyze 4 examples of figurative language.  Then do the Your Turn activity on the back.

Make sure you have an example on the board with your name by the end of class!

HOMEWORK
Choose poem to memorize.  DUE: Start of Class, Thursday.

Peace Research

Starter 8

Bystanding- The Beginning of an American Lifetime

On the text of poem:

1. Circle the years, divide into 8 sections
2. Message/perspective for each section (write next to the section)
3. Message/perspective overall (look at title, no “duh” perspectives!)
4. Most powerful part/line, and why
5. Watch the video linked below
6. How does the video change/deepen/add to the experience of the poem?

Peace Research

Follow instructions on handout to broaden knowledge about groups working for peace.

Dulce Seminar Reflection

Work on Seminar Reflection

HOMEWORK

Dulce Seminar Reflection.  DUE: start of class, Wednesday, in Lori’s email or the mailbox.

Choose poem to memorize.  DUE: Start of class, Thursday.

Poetry Centers and Memorization

Starter 7

Based on what you’ve read and experienced so far…

1. What kind of poetry or aspects of poetry do you like the most?  Why?

2. What types of poetry do you dislike, or find it hard to connect to?  Why?

Poetry Center Guidelines

1. Follow directions- read them carefully!
2. Work with your group members, support each other
3. Participate actively
4. Ground your interpretations in the text
5. Take intellectual risks
6. Take as long as you need: be mindful and thorough
7. Must do at least 5
8. Move to table with poem (don’t move poem to table) 

Links to Music for Centers:

Strange Fruit

Time

Poetry Memorization Assignment

Review assignment sheet, start thinking about what you want to do for your memorized poem.

HOMEWORK

1. Dulce Seminar Reflection:  See Friday's post for details.  You will have 30-45 minutes on Tuesday to work on this in class.  DUE: Start of class, Wednesday.
2. Choose Poem to Memorize:  See handout linked above. DUE: Start of class, Thursday.