12/15 and 12/16/2015 ELA

Agenda

Learning Target: I can crush my

summative test over Unit #2.

Brain Buzzer: None. Just take

out a writing utensil.
1)

2) Crush your summative test.

(You will have two class periods to
complete the test.)

There are many different types

of poetry.
Poetry types:

Acrostic

Ballad

Ballade
Cinquain

Blank Verse
Diamante

Echo Verse
Epigram

Epic
Free Verse

Haiku
Irregular Ode

Horatian Ode
Kennings

Kyrielle
Lyric

Limerick
Ode

Ottava Rima
Pindaric Ode

Pantoum
Renga

Riddle
Senryu

Rondeau
Shakespearean Sonnet

Shape Poem
Tanka

Sonnet
Terza Rima

Tetractys
Tyburn

Triolet

Due to time, we will only be

focusing on free verse and poems
that have a rhyme scheme.
Oranges is a free verse poem. It
doesnt have a rhyme scheme and

it doesnt following any certain

rules, therefore it is free.
Here is another example of a free verse
poem:
Fog by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

Here is one more:

Disappointments by Vivian Gilbert Zabel
Every life has a room
Where memories are stored:
A box of special occasions here,
Shelves of shared laughter there.

But back in the shadows

Lurks a trunk locked tight,
Not to be opened and searched.
There hide disappointments
Which darken every heart.

Poems that have a rhyme scheme:

A poem rhymes when the sounds at the ends
of lines sounds the same.

I have a dog
He is a hog
Because of that, he tripped on a log

These lines rhyme because the last sound of

each line is the og sound

There are many different rhyme schemes that

a poem could have. Some of these are ABA,
ABCC, ABCB, ABB, etc.

The rhyme scheme doesnt mean that each of

those lines have to end with the sound of that
letter, it just means that the only lines that
rhyme are the ones with the same letter.

Example: ABCB rhyme scheme

A
B
C
B

The dog was mad

The cat ran away
My brother is a pain
What else can I say

Notice that the A,B,C lines dont rhyme

because they all are different letters. The B
and B lines rhyme because they are the same
letter.

Now well write some as a class together:

1. ABCB scheme
2. ABAB scheme
3. AABB scheme

Lets look at some rhymed poems and try to

figure out the rhyme scheme:
Robert Frost 'Neither Out Far Nor In Deep.'
'The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day.

As long as it takes to pass

A ship keeps raising its hull;
The wetter ground like glass
Reflects a standing gull.

The land may vary more;

But wherever the truth may be--The water comes ashore,
And the people look at the sea.

They cannot look out far.

They cannot look in deep.
But when was that ever a bar
To any watch they keep?'

Another

One More Day

Sitting sadly on my bed
Listening to the wild winds blow,
Crying bitterly behind my hair
Trying not to let it show.
Knowing that you won't be back
You left without good-bye's,
Never to mend my broken heart
Letting loose my cries.
Everyday I waited
And everyday I prayed,

Hoping God would leave you here

At least just one more day.

And one more

The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
(this is not the complete poem, just
one stanzaI only put part of it. If you
read the rest of it, you will find that

the theme is Be yourself. Follow the

path that allows you to be you.
Take a moment to look at the other
poems above to quickly discuss the
theme of each.

You try it solo:

You are going to think of a theme for a poem
and a rhyme scheme. You are going to be
working on your poem in class. It is due at the
end of class on Wednesday, so if you will not
be in class on Wednesday, you will probably
have to work on it at home and return it to me
on Thursday at the beginning of class. Try to
use some figurative language, including

imagery. This will be used as your iassignment for this week, so they must be
turned in.

The next part is for Mr. Posts class..

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

Write your answers in your notebook:

1)

What is the rhyme scheme?

2)
REVIEW QUESTION: What is the theme
of the song? Provide two details from the
lyrics to support your answer.

3)
Write down one example of figurative
language in the song lyrics.
Making inferences with Fast Car
by Tracy Chapman
1)
What can you infer about the type of
person the narrator is?
Why?

2)
What can you infer about the type of
person the narrators father is?
Why?

3)
What can you infer about the type of
person the narrators mother is?
Why?

4)
What can you infer about the type of
person the narrators boyfriend is?
Why?