{Poetry Notebook

9th Grade Composition and Literature

Chance for you to explore poetry that you like

Brush up on poetry/literary terms

Brush up on MLA format citations

Low key for end-of-the-year

The Poetry Notebook

sports war growing up/innocence and experience

outdoors social commentary/politics

mystery and horror

music and senses science and education

women/feminism humor identity

What uniting theme would you like to use? Circle your top three:

What is your poetry theme? When is the poetry notebook due?

Is the notebook a classwork, formative or summative grade?

Comments/Questions

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Works Cited – Brush UpThe Works Cited page contains more detailed information for all of the sources used in the essay.

It is found at the end, on a separate page.

Works Cited – Brush Up

Sources listed alphabetically

Title should always be:

Works Cited

Opposite of when you indent a paragraph For Example:

Shulte, Bret. "Putting a Price on Pollution." Usnews.com. US News & World

Rept., 6 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.

The Hanging Indent

From a book: Burns, Robert. "Red, Red Rose." 100 Best-Loved Poems.

Ed. Philip Smith. New York: Dover, 1995. 26. Print.

From an Internet Database:Whitman, Walt. “I Hear America Singing.”

PoemHunter. PoemHunter, N.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2014.

Poems in MLA Format

How do you organize your works cited page?

Which entry should come first? Greene, Helen; Patterson, Simon; Grant, Susan

What do you title your works cited page? Does the works cited page get it’s own

page? Does the works cited page go at the

beginning or the end?

Finished? Turn to Romeo and Juliet Act IV in your packet or in your textbook (Green) pg.

Quick Check

How do you organize your works cited page?

Alphabetically Which entry should come first? Greene,

Helen; Patterson, Simon; Grant, Susan Grant, Susan What do you title your works cited page? Works Cited Does the works cited page get it’s own

page? Yes Does the works cited page go at the

beginning or the end? At the End Quick Check

What is a hanging indent?

How do you organize your works cited page?

Questions/Comments

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True or False: Romeo and Juliet are married in Act III.

Juliet’s parents want her to marry _______.

What is Juliet’s reaction to this in Act III? First she ____________, and then she ___________.

Tybalt kills _________. After Romeo kills __________, the prince ____________ Romeo. Romeo and Juliet Quick

Check

True or False: Romeo and Juliet are married in Act III.

Juliet’s parents want her to marry Paris.

What is Juliet’s reaction to this in Act III? First she violently refuses, and then she pretends to accept the marriage.

Tybalt kills Mercutio. After Romeo kills Tybalt, the prince banishes Romeo. Romeo and Juliet Quick

Check

My literary terms are: not started, somewhat finished, completely finished

My preface is: not started, somewhat finished, completely finished

I have read through Act _____ in R&J.

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Ballad - Tells a story

Lyric – short musical

Epic – long narrative

Types of Poetry

Lyric – short musicalConcrete AcrosticFree Verse

Types of Poetry

Concrete: looks like what you are writing about

Types of Poetry

Acrostic: Start with a word and go with it!

Types of Poetry

Free Verse : poetry with no set meter/rhyme

Types of Poetry

Which do you want to do? Requirements

Must be at least 15 lines Must be on topic with your theme

Can be rhymed or unrhymed

Time to Write Your Own!

What is the difference between a lyric, a ballad, and an epic?

Poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have a set meter is called __________.

Comments/Questions

Poetry Notebooks Due Tomorrow!

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