Wednesday, January 17 ~ What is Poetry?

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SAT Word of the Day #1:

ABSTRUSE - (adj) - difficult to understand


GRAMMAR

POETRY

EQ: What is poetry?

      Agree/Disagree
      1. Poetry must rhyme to be good.
      2. Poetry is for expressing emotions.
      3. Poetry makes you sound "deep."
      4. Music lyrics classify as poetry.
      5. A poem always has a hidden meaning. 
      6. Poetry can be more powerful than a conversation.
      7. Society needs poets and poetry.
      8. Poetry helps shape our values.
Here are a couple of my favorites:

A Loaf of Poetry   
Image result for kneading dough

by Naoshi Koriyama

    you mix
    the dough
    of experience
    with
    the yeast
    of inspiration
    and knead it well
    with love
    and pound it
    with all your might
    and then
    leave it
    until
    it puffs out big
    with its own inner force
    and then
    knead it again
    and
    shape it
    into a round form
    and bake it
    in the oven
    of your heart
    ------------------
     
 
Mother to Son (Watch MLK read it here.)

Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now—
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.


    ANNOUNCEMENT

    On Block Day, we will begin our Poetic Device Project. Please come prepared with poster board and art supplies.
HOMEWORK:
  • Journal 3 - What are your feelings on poetry? What do you like? What do you loathe? Do you have a favorite poet? Favorite poem? If so, share it with me. Have you written your own poetry? If so, share it with me.
  • Witmer's Periods 4 an 5 only -  interpret the poems above.
Please use today's SAT vocab word in your writing. Underline it!







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