Grade 9 Poetry Project

Learning Targets:

I can reflect upon and write about what makes me a distinct person (image bearer).

I can express thoughts about myself by using language creatively.

Outcome:

Using poetry, you will explore different writing techniques and use these techniques to write a series of poems that reflects an aspect of your personality. These poems will be collected in an anthology that will be presented to the class and possibly to others.

Method:

1. Choose a theme for your poetry. Think about an activity you enjoy, a hobby that you enjoy, a person that is important to you, a family tradition anything that interests you and makes up a big part of your life and who you are as a person.

2. Throughout the unit you will write the following types of poems about your theme.

BalladSonnet

Imagery Poem Villanelle

Extended Metaphor PoemApostrophe Poem

Personification PoemYour Choice

Question PoemYour Choice

3. These poems will be revised by classmates and your teacher and then compiled into a book.

Assignment:

1. Create a book of poems that are about one aspect of who you are as a person. The book must include:

- 10 original poems on your theme

- a neat cover page

- at least three illustrations/pictures that relate to your theme

The book must be neat and presentable. It should be good enough to share with others.

2. Share three of your favourite poems with the class during a classroom poetry jam.

Theme

Use the space provided to write the theme of your original poem assignments:

______________________________________________________________________________

PoemsName: ____________________________

1 missing expectations

2 approaching expectations

3 meeting expectations

Ballad

Does not follow form and lacks creativity

Mostly follows form and is somewhat creative

Follows form (rhythm and rhyme scheme) and is creative

Imagery Poem

Imagery is uncreative and very clichd.

Utilizes imagery but is somewhat clichd.

Utilizes imagery in a creative way.

Extended Metaphor

Extended metaphor is not apparent/understood by the reader. Very clichd.

Extended metaphor is apparent though somewhat clichd.

Extended metaphor is obvious and unique/creative.

Personification Poem

Personification is not apparent/understood by the reader. Very clichd.

Personification is apparent though somewhat clichd.

Personification is obvious and unique/creative.

Question Poem

Poem contains at least four rhetorical questions but they are clichd or not connected to the theme of the poem.

Poem contains at least four rhetorical questions.

Poem contains at least four interesting and creative rhetorical questions.

Sonnet

Does not follow form and lacks creativity

Mostly follows form and is somewhat creative

Follows form (rhythm and rhyme scheme) and is creative

Villanelle

Does not follow form and lacks creativity

Mostly follows form and is somewhat creative

Follows form (rhythm and rhyme scheme) and is creative

Apostrophe Poem

Poem does not use apostrophe appropriately and is clichd.

Poem uses apostrophe and is somewhat creative in its use of language

Poem uses apostrophe appropriately and is creative in its use of language

Chosen Poem

Does not follow any specific form and lacks creativity

Mostly follows form and is somewhat creative

Follows appropriate form and is creative

Chosen Poem

Does not follow any specific form and lacks creativity

Mostly follows form and is somewhat creative

Follows appropriate form and is creative

/30

Comments:

Book:

1missing expectations

2 approaching expectations

3 nearly meets expectations

4 fully meets expectations

Presentation

Book lacks creativity and neatness. Poems are collected by not neat. The books construction does not really relate to the content of the book.

Book lacks creativity but is very neat. Poems are presented in a conventional way. Book is orderly but order not connected to the theme of the book.

Book is mostly creative and mostly neat. The collection of poems is presented in an orderly way. The construction of the book somewhat relates to the theme of the book.

Book is creative and neat. The collection of poems is presented in an original way. The construction of the book relates to the theme of the book.

1 missing expectations

2 approaching expectations

3 meeting expectations

Cover

Cover is messy or uncreative and does not relate directly to the content of the book.

Cover is fairly neat, somewhat creative and may relate to the content of the book.

Cover is neat, creative, and relates to the content of the book.

Illustrations/Photos

Illustrations/Photos do not relate directly to the content of the book or are uncreative/stock images.

Illustrations/Photos relate somewhat to the content of the poems and are somewhat creative.

Illustrations/Photos relate to the content of the poems and are creative.

/10

Presentation

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Three Poem Presentation

Poems read without confidence, drama or feeling.

Poems read mostly without confidence, drama or feeling.

Poems read somewhat confidently, dramatically and with feeling.

Poems read mostly confidently, dramatically and with feeling.

Poems read confidently, dramatically and with feeling.

/5