Poetry Unit
In this unit we will be creating personal collections of poems based on the models and types introduced in class. It is important to embrace the language of poetry and try to use poetic devices and figurative language to relate to the ordinary in remarkable ways.
Poetry Ideas: How do you get ideas for poems? There are ideas everywhere just waiting for an open mind, a quick wit and an observant eye.
Go for a walk. A small outdoor outing with no talking allowed can be a fun way to learn to observe and harvest ideas. Take a notepad and pencil and go on a timed walk outside--country or city, no matter where there will be ideas. Write down a list of things you see. Try headings like bright colored things, high things, low things, things that make me wonder.
People watching can give you tons of good ideas. Sit with notebook in a public place and jot down notes about the people you see and hear. A man with a red ball cap, a boy with a skull on his t-shirt, a girl wearing house slippers, a lady in a purple and red dress. Don't try to write poems on your outing just write notes of things and people who interest you.
Photo gazing is looking through family albums and photo boxes for memory's sake. Looking at old photos will give your mind a chance to recall events that may be poem starters. Try cutting stray pictures from a magazine. Paste these unto pages and try to come up with an idea about each picture. For example of a picture of a brown dog might give you just the idea for a poem about a pet.
Listen to music like calm nature type stuff with ocean waves and maybe rain storms or bird sounds. This type of mood music can be listened to with closed eyes and let your mind envision the places as you hear the music. Is it night or day? Is it cold, hot, raining, snowing, a pretty place? Are you lost? Are you alone? Is a child there? an animal? Let your imagination go and then write a poem about the scenes you imagine.
Read more at Suite101: Poetry Writing: Children Can Write Poems http://www.suite101.com/content/poetry-writing-a22044#ixzz1Eez0i3ER
Poetry Ideas: How do you get ideas for poems? There are ideas everywhere just waiting for an open mind, a quick wit and an observant eye.
Go for a walk. A small outdoor outing with no talking allowed can be a fun way to learn to observe and harvest ideas. Take a notepad and pencil and go on a timed walk outside--country or city, no matter where there will be ideas. Write down a list of things you see. Try headings like bright colored things, high things, low things, things that make me wonder.
People watching can give you tons of good ideas. Sit with notebook in a public place and jot down notes about the people you see and hear. A man with a red ball cap, a boy with a skull on his t-shirt, a girl wearing house slippers, a lady in a purple and red dress. Don't try to write poems on your outing just write notes of things and people who interest you.
Photo gazing is looking through family albums and photo boxes for memory's sake. Looking at old photos will give your mind a chance to recall events that may be poem starters. Try cutting stray pictures from a magazine. Paste these unto pages and try to come up with an idea about each picture. For example of a picture of a brown dog might give you just the idea for a poem about a pet.
Listen to music like calm nature type stuff with ocean waves and maybe rain storms or bird sounds. This type of mood music can be listened to with closed eyes and let your mind envision the places as you hear the music. Is it night or day? Is it cold, hot, raining, snowing, a pretty place? Are you lost? Are you alone? Is a child there? an animal? Let your imagination go and then write a poem about the scenes you imagine.
Read more at Suite101: Poetry Writing: Children Can Write Poems http://www.suite101.com/content/poetry-writing-a22044#ixzz1Eez0i3ER
Below is an example of an animated Concrete poem "The Slow Train"
Below are two examples of animated typographical poems
Poetry Collection Contents
(All poems should be in good and illustrated)
3 Riddles (10 lines each minimum)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/riddles.docx
1 Sport Shape Riddle (12 lines minimum, written in a shape related to the sport chosen)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/sport_riddles1.docx
2 Colour Poems (12 lines minimum each, on two colours other than the examples given)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/colour_poems.docx
2 Simile Poems (10 line minimum each, on two different senses)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/simile_poems.docx
2 Being Things Poems (10 line minimum for each)
Handout see Simile sheet above
2 Limericks (5 lines each)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/limericksrhymingcouplets.docx
1 Rhyming Couplet (16 lines)
Handout see Limericks sheet above
3 Haiku Poems (3 lines each)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/haiku_poetry.docx
1 Concrete Poem
See the above animated version
1 "I Remember Poem" (15 line minimum)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/i_remember_poem.docx
1 Septone Poem (7 lines)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/septone.docx
1 Free Form Poem (15 lines minimum)
Handout See Typographical sheet below
1 Typographical Poem
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/typographical_poem.docx
Poetry Analysis Assignment (Complete Part A and Part B)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/scn0005.rtf
/uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/scn0004.rtf
Song Interpretation Assignment
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/song_analysis_assignment.docx
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/riddles.docx
1 Sport Shape Riddle (12 lines minimum, written in a shape related to the sport chosen)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/sport_riddles1.docx
2 Colour Poems (12 lines minimum each, on two colours other than the examples given)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/colour_poems.docx
2 Simile Poems (10 line minimum each, on two different senses)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/simile_poems.docx
2 Being Things Poems (10 line minimum for each)
Handout see Simile sheet above
2 Limericks (5 lines each)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/limericksrhymingcouplets.docx
1 Rhyming Couplet (16 lines)
Handout see Limericks sheet above
3 Haiku Poems (3 lines each)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/haiku_poetry.docx
1 Concrete Poem
See the above animated version
1 "I Remember Poem" (15 line minimum)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/i_remember_poem.docx
1 Septone Poem (7 lines)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/septone.docx
1 Free Form Poem (15 lines minimum)
Handout See Typographical sheet below
1 Typographical Poem
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/typographical_poem.docx
Poetry Analysis Assignment (Complete Part A and Part B)
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/scn0005.rtf
/uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/scn0004.rtf
Song Interpretation Assignment
Handout /uploads/6/5/3/3/6533755/song_analysis_assignment.docx