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March Genre Log

Poetry
S5.B2: Respond in writing to literature.
S1.B3: Identify various kinds of text selections and the author’s purpose.

 Read FIVE free choice poems:

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 Complete one Poetry Analysis (page 2):

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 Complete one Poetry Comparison using the poem you analyzed above (page 3):
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Partner’s Name:
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 Complete one Analyzing Poetic Tools (page 4):

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Poetry Analysis
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Theme: What was the message the poet wanted to give you?

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Tone & Mood: (How does the poem make you feel?)

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List 3 feeling words in the poem:

1) _______________2) ______ __3) _____

List 3 sensory/imagery words: (see, hear, taste, touch, smell)

1) ____ 2) 3)

Does this poem rhyme? Yes No

Rate this poem on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best)

Explain your rating:

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Poetry Comparison:

1. Get with a partner and read his/her poem.

2. Read his/her analysis of that poem.
3. Discuss together what things seem similar and what seems different. Make your comparison below:
My poem: Partner’s poem:

Analyzing Poetic Tools:

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1. What does the title mean?

Take a look at the title and reflect on what it means:

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2. Put it in your own words

Read the poem two or three times. You will see something different each time you read the poem. Write a brief summary of the poem in
your own words.

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3. What do you think the poem means?

• What is the subject of the poem? __________________________________________________________

• What are they talking about? _____________________________________________________________

• Why do you think the author wrote the poem? ______________________________________________

• When is the poem happening? ___________________________________________________________

• Where is the poem happening? ___________________________________________________________

• What is the poet’s attitude? _______________________________________________________________

4. Poetic Tools- (review the teacher’s Power Point presentation of needed)
Identify different poetic devices and how they were used.

• Simile – comparison using like or as ________________________________________________________

• Metaphor – a direct comparison ___________________________________________________________

• Personification – giving human qualities to nonhuman things ___________________________________

• Tone – what emotion does the speaker use as he talks _________________________________________

• Point of view – who is the telling the poem __________________________________________________

• Imagery – creating pictures with words _____________________________________________________

• Alliteration – repeating the same letter ______________________________________________________

5. Theme
Identify the theme (central idea) of the poem. What is the message or meaning of the poem?

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