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Poetrv Proiect-final piece checklistPoetry is due January zL't,Z:OIL (no excuses or l grade down!)o Select a theme for your poetry and writing focus(remember poetry is written with a

purpose, it is meaningful, it sends a strong message)o Collect poems from other authors that inspire you and that match your poetry theme onwww,p.gel ryfo u ndatio n.._o rg o r ot he r poet ry boo kso Continue to write poetry on a specific theme-all poems for your final piece must

connect in ideas/themeo Choose the best poems that you wrote and continue to revise for perfection clarificationof ideas and themeo Use Poetry rubric section 4 and class lessons tp help you revise your poemso Make sure to include figurative language. For example, personification, onomatopoeia,metaphor, simile, hyperbole, puns, symbols and oxymorono Revise poems to pick up a style or poetry form. For example, rhyme poems, ABC poem,acrostic, blank verse ...

o Revise using strategies of poets. For example, line breaks, stanza breaks, shape, rhymescheme, white space, a lliteration...o Edit for punctuation, capitalization, spellingo Choose the best poems that you collected from other authors that match your theme to

add to your publish piece (make sure to write authors' names to give them credit)o You must have at least 7 to 1-0 poems of your own and 5 poems from other authorso Polish your poems, decorate them, make them look neato Must have an attractive cover with full narne and class, table of contents and numbered

pages (cover should match the theme of your poems)piece

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