Week 16 ( 06/01-06/04/2010)
On Wed, 06/02, your written responses to the writing prompts will be collected.
On Thursday 06/03, your vocabulary sentences will be collected.
On Friday 06/04 , your final Poetry Project due
Final Poetry Project 05/26/2010-06/04/2010 Due on 06/04 /2010 Option 1: For students who wish to analyze and collect the poems of others Select 8-12 poems to include in a poetry anthology. For this project, you will act as editors. You will select the poems based on a specific theme or strand Option 2: For students who wish to analyze a collection of poems by one poet Select 8-12 poems written by the same poet to include in an anthology. For this project you will act as editors. Each poem that is selected for the anthology must be accompanied by an explanation as to why this poem is being included in the collection. The explanation should state why this poem is of particular appeal to you and how it fits with the other poems in the collection. The analysis should state the connection among the poems selected. You will need to determine a title for the collection, an introduction, dedication, table of contents, illustrations for each poem and a short bio of the student-editor. Option 3: Choose three poems by the same author and write about at least 750-word essay discussing and analyzing how the three poems reveal the-
Option 4: Choose three poems written by three different authors and write about at least 750-word essay discussing and analyzing how the three poems reveal the-
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Here are the benmarks for the Poetry Project:
05/31/2010
Aim: What is the overarching theme of your poetry anthology? What made you decide on the theme?
Class Activities:
Assessment: You will complete the Introduction using your responses to the "Aim" questions.
06/01/2010
Aim: How does each poem in your anthology reflect the overaching theme?
Class Activities:
Assessment: You will interpret each of the eight poems in the light of the theme. How does the author address the theme using various poetic devices?
06/02 /2010
Aim: How is the author's personal life reflected in the poems you have selected for your anthology? If the author's life is irrelevant, what could have motived him/her to write the poem, for example, historical incident,etc.
Class Activities:
Assessment: You will describe, in your analysis, the impact of the poet's personal life or historical background on his/her writing.
06/03/2010
Aim: What are the differences between an interpretation and analysis of poetry?
Suggestions: An interpretation is to explain in your own words WHAT the poem is about-the meaning of the poem; an analysis is to explian HOW and WHY the poem entails such a meaning.
Class Activities: Find a partner and read each other's analysis. Repond to each other's writing: Which part of the writing is interpretation? Analysis? Is your partner in the right direction? Make two suggestions for your partner to improve his/her analysis.
Assessment: You will apply the new understanding of analysis to reexamine your analytical notes abour your poems.
Reminder: "The explanation should state why this poem is of particular appeal to you and how it fits with the other poems in the collection. The analysis should state the connection among the poems selected. "
06/04/2010
Aim: How do we make illustrations for poems?
Class Activities:
1.Go to the library and find a poetry anthology to see an example how poems are illustrated. For example, Falling Up by Shel Silverstein, Bright Wings by Billy Collins
2. Discuss how to illustrate a poem: Symbolically or literally; What to illustrate- its subject, theme, key imagery, motif and mood;
Assessment: Make 5-8 illustrations for the poems in your anthology.