Monday, Nov. 30 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Discuss “O Captain” and “Song of Myself” then Whitman and Dickinson (WN entry)- partner, then large group

*Modern Era Review

*Modern Era Poem Explicating Practice with Partner pg 930

*Movements of Modern Era poetry: Notes and group work

*Read all poems together, then:

*With your group, plan if any research needs to be done before you present, then do it if necessary

*Work time on poems: you will TEACH them tomorrow:

*Annotate, teach (explain in detail) anything/everything you think needs explaining, meanings (literal and figurative), poetic devices, background, connection to Modern Era and poetic movements

*Things to Teach: 

—What is the poem about? Surface (what happens in the poem, story)? Deeper (theme, message, big picture)?

—If also in a text book, what are some of the questions the book asks?

—Is there any pattern (word, rhyme, image, etc)?

—What poetry terms are used in the poem? How do they contribute to the meaning?

—Alliteration, symbolism, personification, rhyme, repetition, figurative language (simile, metaphor, imagery), allusions, others?

—What characteristics from our notes can be seen in the poem? How does it fit into this era? (imagism, free-verse, objectivism, etc)

—Is there a format? (What does it look like, mechanics, line breaks, etc)

—What rules does the poem follow or break?

—(Page 4 folks…) Ars Poetica: a statement by the poet about poetry, about his or her beliefs about what poetry is and about what it does. What does the poem demonstrate about poetry? 

*BOOKS WITH FRIENDS half way check Friday, so use time if you have it