soul moon soup by lindsay lee johnson rhythm october 1 st, 2015
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SOUL MOON SOUPBY LINDSAY LEE JOHNSON
Rhythm
October 1st, 2015
Today’s Objective:
I will create rhythm within
my 3 narrative poems
Activities
Snippet: Writing
Review Poem Requirements
Mini-Lesson: Rhythm in poetry (10)
Re-Format Poems with Rhythm (5)
Quick Write:
Add details for setting/mood to your 1st poem.
Revision Revision 1: Add words that appeal to
the 5 senses.
Your Narrative Poems (Due Friday)
• Poem requirements:• write 3 or more poems of 15
lines or more each (so 45+ total lines)
• counts as a formative assessment
• grade based on MYP Rubric (C: Producing Text / D: Using Language)
• Structure of 3 poems:• 1st poem = introduction of
character, setting, and conflict• 2nd poem = development of
conflict (i.e. rising action and climax)
• 3rd poem = conclusion and illustration of the theme (i.e. falling action and resolution)
5 literary elements of the 6 below:
Plot Conflict Setting Point of View Character Theme
2 craft tools of the 3 below or others:
Variation in Rhythm (caesura, enjambment, etc. )
Imagery Figurative Language
Other Sets of Poems
DRAWING: IN CLASS• “Doodles” (20)• “Teacher Trouble” (37) • “Daring to Draw” (62)• “Drawing Again” (65)• “A Little Something for
Mama” (125)• “Feasting on Soul Moon
Soup” (132)
DADDY: • “Who I Am” (9)• “Remembering Daddy”
(16)• “Life with Daddy” (17)• “Necessary and Gone”
(29)
THE SUITCASE: • “Necessary Burdens” (14)• “The Last Burden Falls
Away” (39)• “A Little Something for
Mama” (125)• “Mama Looks Deeper”
(128)
MAMA: • “Making Jam with Gram”
(67)• “More Sorry Secrets” (71)• “Compensation” (76)• “The Last of It” (108)
Writing
Draft your 3 poems. 15+ lines each
• 1st poem = introduction of character, setting, and conflict
• 2nd poem = development of conflict (i.e. rising action and climax)
• 3rd poem = conclusion and illustration of the theme (i.e. falling action and resolution)
RHYTHM
The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem
Rhythm can be created by meter, rhyme, and alliteration.
ONOMATOPOEIA
Words that imitate the sound they are naming
BUZZ OR sounds that imitate another sound
CLAP
SLAP
STOMP!
ALLITERATION
Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Rhythm Poems
“Fading Fast” pg. 35
“Compensation” pg. 76
“Push and Pull” pg. 99
Adding Rhythm
Revisit your drafted poems:
How can I re-write my poems, in line/stanza format,
adding elements of rhythm.
By the END of class you should have…
your 3 poems drafted (Rough Drafts)