Nov 5

Agenda:

• Free Verse Poetry--What is it?
  • poetry that lacks a regular meter, does not rhyme, and uses irregular (and sometimes very short) line lengths. Writers of free verse disregard traditional poetic conventions of rhyme and meter, relying instead on parallelism, repetition, and the ordinary cadences and stresses of everyday discourse. Whitman's Leaves of Grass made free verse a more popular form of poetry. Since WWI, non-rhyming and non-metrical forms of verse have become the norm. Whitman said that it was the "American" form of poetry because it was embodying the freedom that is American and breaking from traditional, structured, English form.
• Billy Collins "Everyday Moments" (15 minutes)
• "Introduction to Poetry" Billy Collins (15 Minutes)

Free verse poems examples

ee cummings

Carl Sandburg

• Poetry and Place Discussion
• Frankenstein Essential Questions and Small Group Work
  • Enrichment:
• Interesting allusion to Frankenstein regarding social media: "Will Mark Zuckerburg 'like' this Column?"

Homework:

• Frankenstein through Chapter 21 due November 5
• Vocabulary Unit 2 Test Monday, Nov 11 (click here and scroll down for the list)
• Finish Frankenstein by November 11; Come with Essential Questions Listed of topics you'd like to research.
• Question 3 Timed Writing on Frankensten November 13th
• IPNs due Nov 15 (click here and scroll down for instructions)
  • Requirements for IPNs listed below--remember, quality matters!
  • Frankenstein Short Answer: Select ONE of the following:
    • Pulling specific lines from chapters 1-10, How is Frankenstein similar to Voldemort?
    • Pulling specific lines from chapters 1-10, how does the weather depicts Frankenstein's mood?
    • Pulling specific lines from chapters 1-10, discuss how Frankenstein accepts or does not accept blame.
    • Pulling specific lines from chapters 1-10, discuss how Henry and Elizabeth serve as contrasts (foils) to Frankenstein.
  • Read one of Billy Collins' poems and Write an entry to the poem following the entire poetry process in your IPN. Here's a list of Mrs. Gilliam's favorites: "The Trouble with Poetry"; "On Turning Ten"; "Another Reason I Don't Keep a Gun in the House"; "Books"; "The Lanyard"; "Questions about Angles"; "Today"; "I Go Back to the House for a Book"
  • Select a poem by Donne and Write an entry to the poem following the entire poetry process in your IPN.
  • Select a poem by Percy Blythe Shelley. Write an entry to the poem following the entire poetry process in you IPN.
  • Select a poem by Lord Byron. Write an entry to the poem following the entire poetry process in you IPN.
• Poetry and Place Due November 19th