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Crash Course in Poetry

Day #4

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Warm-up:

Look over all poetry terms and skills from Days 1- 3.

Quiz in 5 minutes.

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Terms:• End Rhyme - rhyme at the end of

lines– Ex. Whose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village though.

• Rhyme Scheme – the pattern of end rhyme– Ex. What did the carrot say to the wheat?

“Lettuce rest, I’m feeling beet.” What did the paper say to the pen? “I feel quite all ‘write’ my friend.”

What did the teapot say to the chalk? Nothing, you silly… teapots can’t talk!

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Terms: • Exact Rhyme – rhyme that has the same, exact

sound– Ex. “love and dove”

• Slant Rhyme - rhyme that is not exact– Ex. “prove and glove” and “rain and again”

• Internal Rhyme - rhyme inside a line of poetry– Ex. “We’d giggle and laugh and sign autographs”

• Meter - the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables; creates rhythm– Ex. The flying cloud, the frosty light

Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward

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Guided Practice: From “The Cloud”- Percy Bysshe Shelley

I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers,From the seas and the streams;I bear light shade for the leaves when laidIn their noonday dreams.

5 From my wings are shaken the dews that wakenThe sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother’s breast,As she dances about the sun.I wield the flail of the lashing hail,

10 And whiten the green plains under,And then again I dissolve it in rain,And laugh as I pass in thunder.

1) Underline the words that make up

the internal rhyme.2) Circle the words that make up

the slant rhyme.3) Assign a rhyme scheme to the

right- hand side of the poem.4) Are there any metaphors or

similes present? In what lines?5) Is there any personification

present? Explain.

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Guided Practice:

Group Competition – Test your knowledge!!!

Each team member takes a poem and determines the rhyme scheme.

The rhyme scheme must be written to the right-hand side of the poem.

The first team done with all no mistakes – WINS!!!

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Independent Practice:

“Captain Hook”-Shel Silverstein

Captain Hook must rememberNot to scratch his toes.Captain Hook must watch outAnd never pick his nose.

5 Captain Hook must be gentleWhen he shakes your hand.Captain Hook must be carefulOpenin’ sardine cansAnd playing tag and pouring tea

10 And turnin’ pages of his book.Lots of folks I’m glad I ain’t-But mostly Captain Hook!

1) Determine the rhyme scheme of the poem by writing it to the right-hand side.

2) What two words are examples of the sound device, repetition?3) What type of sound device is “pick his” in line 4?4) Is there any internal rhyme in the poem? If so, what line?

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Independent Practice:

“Sick”-Shel Silverstein

"I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps.5 My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I'm going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, 'I've counted sixteen chicken pox And there's one more-- that's seventeen,10 And don't you think that my face looks green? My leg is cut, my eyes are blue-- It might be instamatic flu. I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke, I'm sure that my left leg is broke--15 My hip hurts when I move my chin, My belly button's caving in, My back is wreched, my ankle's sprained, My 'pendix pains each time it rains. My nose is cold, my toes are numb,

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20 I have a sliver in my thumb. My neck is stiff, my spine is weak, I hardly whisper when I speak. My tongue is filling up my mouth, I think my hair is falling out.25 My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight, My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear. I have a hangnail, and my heart is--what?30 What's that? What's that you say? You say that today is... Saturday? G'bye, I'm going out to play!“

1) Determine the rhyme scheme of the poem by writing it to the right-hand side.

2) What kind of rhyme is used in “sprained and rains” in lines 17 and 18?3) What kind of rhyme is used in “mouth and out” in lines 23 and 24?4) Is there any internal rhyme in the poem? If so, what line?5) What type of figurative language is used in line 7?6) What type of sound device is used in line 16?7) What is the whole poem an example of (hint: figurative language that

exaggerates)?

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Homework:

• Review terms and notes from today.

• All work due tomorrow.