POETRY UNIT2015

AGENDA

Dialectical Journal- Gallery Walk/ Peer Evaluation and Justification

Poetry Unit Commences

Ready, Set, Choose Your Poet….

DIALECTICAL JOURNAL

Choose your best Key Passage

Star your best entry (make it obvious)

Pass to someone else who will be marking your entry (This does not mean that I will not be marking the entry as well)

You should make edits as you read (asking questions, fixing sentences/typos etc)

On a Q card, which you will staple to the entry, you must explain why you gave the mark that you did. What is something that they could do better and continue to do in the future?

WHY DO WE PEER EVALUATE

1. You become familiar with the rubrics

2. You get to read another person’s essay, which is incredibly valuable

3. You get a gauge of where your mark is

4. I get to see different perspectives when I mark

Essentially we should mark very similarly based on the rubric

REVIEW OF POETIC DEVICES- JEOPARDY

https://www.superteachertools.net/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game-from-com.php?gamefile=http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Oct201144/jeopardy1320122153.txt#.VQymCo7F-So

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/why-teaching-poetry-is-so-important/360346/

POETRY STUDY THEME

INSPIRING TEACHER- INSPIRING MESSAGE

https://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_the_danger_of_silence

POET STUDY

Poetry project

1. Include a glossary of relevant poetic devices at the beginning of your project

2. Write a response to each poem on the back of the poems that you print out that shows insight and uses quotations and details to support what you are saying about the poem

3. Discuss the author's use of language, imagery, symbol, and tone.

4. Use appropriate literary terms when discussing and writing about the poems in your responses and in your final paper.

5. Write a 3-5 page analytical essay in which you explicate one of the author’s poems, providing details from the text to support your insights on theme and literary merit.

6. Finally using your author as a model, you will be required to write three poems that illustrate your understanding of this author, his writing style and his works

CHOOSING YOUR POET

Tasks:

1. Review the list of poets

2. Select 3 poems and save them, print them out.

3. Annotate all 3

AGENDA

Sign Up for your poet

Poetic Device Review- Jeopardy style

Annotation…

Selection of poem for project

POEMS LIKE…

A Radio With Guts

-Buckowski

it was on the 2nd floor on Coronado Street

I used to get drunk

and throw the radio through the window

while it was playing, and, of course,

it would break the glass in the window

and the radio would sit there on the roof

still playing

and I'd tell my woman,

"Ah, what a marvelous radio!"

Still I Rise- Maya Angelou

You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may tread me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wellsPumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,With the certainty of tides,Just like hopes springing high,Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops.Weakened by my soulful cries.

WHO’S YOUR POET AND WHICH 6 POEMS WILL YOU CHOOSE?

You will be choosing 6 poems to annotate form your poet.

You will annotate all of these poems thoroughly Poetic Devices and explanation

Opinions and Questions

Unknown words/ ambiguous concepts

Interpretation

For 5 of these poems you will be writing a personal response (one paragraph long).

Touched By An Angelby Maya AngelouWe, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our sightto liberate us into life.

Love arrivesand in its train come ecstasiesold memories of pleasureancient histories of pain.Yet if we are bold,love strikes away the chains of fearfrom our souls.

We are weaned from our timidityIn the flush of love's lightwe dare be braveAnd suddenly we seethat love costs all we areand will ever be.Yet it is only lovewhich sets us free.

RESPONSE GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS…

The poem Touched by an Angel by Maya Angelou is about love and how love can impact and change one’s life. I think this poem speaks about how we are all afraid to fall in love, but once we do it is like unlike anything we have ever felt before. Love is a very powerful thing that can liberate us and bring our souls to life. Angelou writes about how falling in love can be scary as it can being out both the best and the worst in a person, but once one finds the courage to take the first step towards love they will never regret it. Angelou symbolizes love with an angel coming into one’s life. This poem made me feel very happy and passionate because it is flowery and light and has a very joyful tone. I really like this poem because it is so positive and blissful. This poem can brighten your day just by spending a few minutes reading it. I can personally connect to this poem because there are many people in my life who love me and I deeply love back. I don’t know what I would do without all my amazing friends and family who I adore.

TASKS AND DUE DATES

Personal Responses for 5/6 of your poem Typed

Single spaced

Attached to the back of the poem that you annotated.

Stapled together

Personal Responses are due Tuesday March 31st – You must submit them, but if you need your poems to look at for the next part of the project they will be kept in the classroom for you.

AGENDA

Laptops- the lab was stolen….

The last day to work on Personal Response: Due Tomorrow (Tuesday) Title page with: Poet’s Name, your name, class and due date

5 poems fully annotated – on their separate pages

5 personal response paragraphs which are on the back of each poem.

Biographical Essay – Annotated Bibliography

POETRY STUDY: PART TWO

Biographical Essay

Where did these poems come from?

Your task is to gain a very specific understanding of the historical time period, social influences, and individual perspective of the author you choose to study. You will write a re paper that connects the author’s works (poems) with his life. In other words, you will show the parallels between the themes, patterns and events he writes about in his works and his own life, which inspired him write about those specific themes, patterns and events.

LINKING SOCIAL CONTEXT TO POET’S WORK

Allen Ginsberg

1926-1997

American poet, leading figures in Beat Generation in 1950’s

Not dissimilar to Ken Kesey

Anti-authoritarian, materialism and sexual repression

BEAT GENERATION

Post- WW2 writers: Rejection of received standards, use of illegal drugs, examining religion, rejection of materialism

Bohemian Hedonists

The central figures of the Beat Generation met in San Francisco and then grew in NYC

Racism was still institutionalized- Harlem was a slum, taken advantage of

Sexual repression was common place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5z0kakKOZM

How to: Prepare an Abstract and

Annotated Bibliography

English 12Poetry Author Study

WHAT IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations for books, articles, and documents.

Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation.

The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.

THE PROCESS • Creating an annotated bibliography calls for the

application of a variety of intellectual skills: concise exposition, succinct analysis, and informed library research.• First, locate and record citations for your biographical

essay. These usually come from books, periodicals, documents and websites that contain useful information and ideas on your subject. For your purposes you will be reviewing websites• Briefly examine and review the actual items. Then

choose at least three works that provide a variety of information on your poet.

The Process ContinuedCite the book, article, or document using MLA style.Write a concise annotation that summarizes the central

theme and scope of the book or article. Include one or more sentences that• (a) evaluate the authority or background of the

author, • (b) comment on the intended audience,• (c) compare or contrast this work with another you

have cited, or • (d) explain the type of information the source provides

on your subject.

CRITICALLY APPRAISING THE BOOK, ARTICLE, OR DOCUMENT

For guidance in critically appraising and analyzing the sources for your bibliography, think about the following questions……..

Questions to Consider ???• What are the author's credentials--institutional affiliation? • Have you seen the author's name cited in other sources or

bibliographies? (respected authors are cited frequently by other scholars)  • When was the source published? • Is the source current or out-of-date for your topic? • Is this a first edition? • If the source is published by a university press, it is likely to

be scholarly • Is this a popular magazine or scholarly journal? • Is the publication aimed at a specialized or a general

audience?

More Questions…..• Is there a bibliography?

• Is the information covered fact, opinion, or propaganda?

• Does the information appear to be valid and well-researched, or is it questionable and unsupported by evidence?

• Are the ideas and arguments advanced more or less in line with other works you have read on the same topic?

• Does the source extensively or marginally cover your topic?

• Is the material primary or secondary in nature?

• Locate critical reviews in a reviewing source, such as Book Review Index, Book Review Digest, OR Periodical Abstracts

What an annotation should include:

• Complete bibliographic information. • Some or all of the following: • Information to explain the authority and/or qualifications of

the author. For example: Dr. William Smith, a history professor at XYZ University, based his book on twenty years of research. • Scope and main purpose of the work. • Any biases that you detect. • Intended audience and level of reading difficulty. • The relationship, if any, to other works in the area of study. • A summary comment, e.g., "A popular account directed at

educated adults." • The annotation should be about 100 to 200 words.

Book Example• Goulart, R. (1989). The Great Comic Book Artists,

Volume 2. New York: St Martin's Press.

The alphabetically arranged entries include one page each for the artist biography and black-and-white reprinted art. The subjective choices for inclusion reflect a pronounced American, corporate bias. This slant and the blurry comic-book reproductions render the title a cut below Goulart's usual high standards.

Another Example…Larkin, C. (Ed.). (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of

Popular Music. London: Guinness.

Very comprehensive reference book of 3,296 pages (more than 10,000 entries) encompassing all styles of popular music, including jazz. Primarily biographical, but does contain record label histories. Entries from 150 to 3,000 words, though some important artists have longer entries. Most artists from UK and US, though additionally many reggae, Latin, and Afro-pop artists from outside these countries. Most entries include discography.

Same Annotation Five or six sentences describing the article:

Information about the author of the article;The point of view of the author/scholar;

School of thought;

What kind of article is it…literary criticism, historical piece, biographical, etc…