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STUDYING POETRY - ANALYZING POETRY - CREATING POETRY
Inquiry Questions
Factual
How do poems tell a story?
What are some of the key techniques used in poetry?
Conceptual
How do poets made a connection with their audience using structure?
G6 POETRY PACK (PDF)
G6 Poetry Booklet (updated).pdf
STUDYING POETRY: Group Inquiry Task
Where I'm From Poem (2 pages).pdf'Where I'm From' Poems
Use the document as a guide (read it). More related resources (HERE).
Brainstorm ideas, items, phrases, places, foods, that remind you of your youth and "where you are from." Some of you are individually from all over the world!
Write your 'Where I'm From' poem & upload your PDF to the DRIVE (link)
Use the Project Zero 'Ladder of Feedback' form (HERE) with your assigned partner.
FOUND POETRY: Erasing Prose
Using a page from a novel erase most words & leave some.
The remaining words form a poem.
Decorate the page & border as you like.
Poetry Is About Emotions
What is Mood?
How is it created in a poem by poets?
How can you identify mood?
What is the effect on the audience?
Ballad Poetry
In groups create a 15 Question Google Form Quiz to check our understanding of the basics of a Ballad poem (as learned from this video).
Complete at least one other group Quiz for Homework
Springhill Mining Disaster by Luke Kelly
Springhill Mining Disaster:
1956 Short News Clip
What are the 5Ws of this news story?
Who? What?
When? Where?
Why? How?
Springhill Mining Disaster:
U2 Performance (1987)
What mood or tone is established in this song? How?
Why would a modern popular Irish band sing this song on TV in Dublin?
Springhill Mining Disaster.pdfTHE GRESFORD DISASTER by Anonymous
BASED ON TRUE EVENTS (BBC News Coverage LINK)
What are the 5Ws of this case?
How is it similar or different to the Springhill mining disaster?
The Gresford Disaster Poem.pdfFLANNAN ISLE by Wilford Wilson Gibson
BASED ON TRUE EVENTS (LINK)
What are the 5Ws of this case?
What do you think happened to the Lighthouse men?
What is most likely to have happened?
Flannan isle.pdfThe Lady of Shallot by Alfred Lord Tennyson
QUESTIONS TO ASK OF ANY POEM
1) What is the poem about?
2) Who is speaking in the poem?
3) How does the poet convey the message?
Frankie and Johnny by Anonymous
1) What is the poem about?
2) Who is speaking in the poem?
3) How does the poet convey the message?
Frankie And Johnny.pdfMovie: Thirteen Lives (2022 Movie)
Creating Our Own Shared Ballad
BASED ON TRUE EVENTS (LINK)
Based on our readings so far what are common features of a Ballad poem?
Structure: What will be the role of Repetition & Rhyme in our Ballad?
Structure: How long will our Ballad be? How many lines? How many stanzas?
Content: Will it be a traditional or a folk Ballad?
Content: What historical details, names, places, or quotes will you include?
Content: What are the 5Ws of the case of the Thai youth trapped in the cave?
Content: What poetic devices will you include in our Ballad?
Content: What should be the moral of our Ballad?
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