GT Language Arts 8 Live Lesson

January 22, 2020

Mrs. Marshall

(775)-387-4560Today’s Objectives:

1. Identify the components of poetry

analysis

2. Practice writing a poetry analysis review

Class Expectations

• Be on time

• Be considerate and kind

• Be positive and supportive

• Pay attention

• Engage, share, think, and participate

• Stay on topic

• Reminders of success in online school

• Unit 2 Portfolio Introduction: Poetry Composition and Analysis

• Poetry Composition and Discussion

Today’s Live Lesson

• 1. Check your webmail every day!

• 2. Call me if you are ever stuck, confused, or have questions.

• 3. Attend LiveLessons or watch the recording

• 4. Complete all lessons, portfolios, and tests. Skipping things will have a large,

negative impact on your grade.

• 5. Follow the planner

What do you need to do to succeed?

A couple more things…

• The Write to Learn Lesson (Unit 2 Lesson 7) has been skipped for ALL students in Language Arts! You get a free day (of Language Arts lessons that is!) Use it wisely

• Plagiarism

• At the beginning of the year, students sign an Honor Code stating that they will do their own work and use their own words in writing assignments. At NCA, we take this policy very seriously.

• A lot of students copied and pasted answers for the Unit 2 Lesson 6 quiz from the jishka.com websites. Plagiarism is against school rules, and can result in failing grades on assessments and in the Language Arts class.

• If you are having trouble understanding a question or a concept on a quiz or a test, please call me or send me a webmail so that I can explain it to you, instead of copying information from the internet. I'm here to help!!

Language Arts 8 Website

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Unit 2 Portfolio: Poetry Composition and

Analysis Essay

• Due Dates:Rough Draft- Due Monday, January 31st Final Draft- Due Tuesday, February 11th

For the Gifted and Talented Language Arts Portfolio for Unit 2, it will be a two-part assignment where you will create and write your own poem, and write a short essay analyzing your composition.

• https://nca-englishlanguagearts8.weebly.com/gt-poetry-composition-and-analysis.html

Unit 2 Portfolio: Poetry Composition and

Analysis Essay

• The poetry composition requirement is a poem that is 10-15 lines long, but feel free to write more if you’d like! This could be one really long narrative poem or several short poems (at least 3 lines each). It can be written in free verse or with a rhyme scheme and specific structure. You need to include at least 3 poetic elements in your poem (rhyme, repetition, personification, metaphor, simile, symbolism, imagery, onomatopoeia, alliteration, etc.)

• Your poetry analysis essay will be a 3 paragraph essay that analyzes the theme of your poem, and the poetic elements you used to portray that theme.

Part 1: Poetry Composition

Remember, the strongest poems are written about deeply personal experiences,

so you can use poetry to share your thoughts and feelings in a new way. Read

the 8 Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry in the next slides…

Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry

Step 1:

Do writing exercises. A poem might start as a part of a verse, a line or two that seems to come out of nowhere, or an image you cannot get out of your head. You can find inspiration for your poem by doing writing exercises and using the world around you. Once you have inspiration, you can then shape and mold your thoughts into a poem.

Try a free write. Grab a notebook or your computer and just start writing— about your day, your feelings, or how you don’t know what to write about. Let your mind wander for 5-10 minutes and see what you can come up with.

Write to a prompt. Look up poem prompts online or come up with your own, like “what water feels like” or “how it feels to get bad news.” Write down whatever comes to mind and see where it takes you.

Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry

Step 2:

Get inspired by your environment and those close to you. Inspiration for a great poem is all around you, even if you don’t see it just yet. Think of every memory, situation, and moment as a possible topic and you’ll start seeing poetry all around you!

Use the people you see and the nature and buildings you pass as inspiration for a poem.

Write about someone you care about.

Pick a memory you have strong feelings about.

Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry

Step 3:

Pick a specific theme or idea. You can start your poem by focusing on a specific

theme or idea that you find fascinating or interesting. Picking a specific theme

or idea to focus on in the poem can give your poem a clear goal or objective.

Try to be specific when you choose a theme or idea, as this can help your poem

feel less vague or unclear.

Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry

Step 4:

Choose a poetic form. Get your creative juices flowing by picking a form for

your poem. There are many different poetic forms that you can use, from free

verse to sonnet to rhyming couplet. You may go for a poetic form that you find

easy to use, such as free verse, or a form that you find more challenging, such

as a sonnet. Choose one poetic form and stick to that structure so your poem

feels cohesive to your reader.

Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry

Step 5.

When you begin writing your poem, use concrete imagery. Avoid abstract imagery and go for concrete descriptions of people, places, and things in your poem. You should always try to describe something using the five senses: smell, taste, touch, sight, and sound. Using concrete imagery will immerse your reader in the world of your poem and make images come alive for them.

For example, rather than try to describe a feeling or image with abstract words, use concrete words instead. Rather than write, “I felt happy,” you may use concrete words to create a concrete image, such as, “My smile lit up the room like wildfire.”

Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry

Step 5:

Include literary devices. Literary devices like metaphor and simile add variety

and depth to your poetry. Using these devices can make your poem stand out

to your reader and allow you to paint a detailed picture for your reader. Try to

use literary devices throughout your poem, varying them so you do not use

only metaphors or only similes in your writing.

Examples: rhyme, repetition, personification, metaphor, simile,

symbolism, imagery, onomatopoeia, alliteration, etc.

Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry

Step 6:

Write for the ear. Poetry is made to be read out loud and you should write your

poem with a focus on how it sounds on the page. Writing for the ear will allow

you to play with the structure of your poem and your word choice. Notice how

each line of your poem flows into one another and how placing one word next

to another creates a certain sound.

Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry

Step 7:

Read the poem out loud. Once you have completed a draft of the poem, you

should read it aloud to yourself. Notice how the words sound on the page. Pay

attention to how each line of your poem flows into the next. Keep a pen close

by so you can mark any lines or words that sound awkward or jumbled.

You may also read the poem out loud to others, such as friends, family, or a

partner. Have them respond to the poem on the initial listen and notice if they

seem confused or unclear about certain phrases or lines.

Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry

Step 8:

Revise your poem. Once you have received feedback on your poem, you should revise it

until it is at its best. Use feedback from others to cut out any lines to feel confusing or

unclear. Be willing to “kill your darlings” and not hold onto pretty lines just for the sake

of including them in the poem. Make sure every line of the poem contributes to the

overall goal, theme, or idea of the poem. You should also make sure spelling and grammar

in the poem is correct.

Click here for more details from the “Helpful Steps for Writing Poetry” attachment

Poetry Composition

1st Draft

MUSIC

Music—it has the power

against myself to control my emotions

and that creates a need

for me to own it

and control myself.

Each new genre of music

releases an explosion inside myself

of adrenaline which I am eager

to run off and use.

Every music store is

an Amazon of new bands

fighting to release their

own personal effect on everybody.

But I am also fighting

to try the new bands first

and accept and enjoy the effect

that music throws at me.

Final Copy

MUSICAL EMOTIONS

Music: the only power

I have over myself

to change my emotions

whenever and however I please:

from frustrating anger

to soothing calm

to enthusiastic happiness--

each new genre of music

added to my collection

equals another emotion

for me to e

Here is an example of a student poem that shows the changes they made in the first draft of their

poem for the final draft:

Part 2: Poetry Analysis Essay

In your essay, you will discuss the poem that you composed, explaining your

reasoning for writing the poem, as well as identifying the poetic elements you

used to highlight the theme of the poem. Use the following structure to write

your essay:

Introduction (1st paragraph)

The title for your essay can be something very basic or a clever quote, or a line

from your poem. Start your introduction paragraph with a “hook” to get the

reader's attention. Follow up with the title of your poem. Add some

interesting trivia or background info that is not known to the audience,

but try to keep it short. To finish off the introduction, state your thesis, which

is the theme of your poem.

Body (2nd paragraph)

The bulk of ideas and comparisons need to be explored here in a clear, focused

way. You need to discuss the poetic elements you included in your poem

(rhyme, repetition, personification, metaphor, simile, symbolism,

imagery, onomatopoeia, alliteration, etc.). You also need to explain how

those poetic elements help to support the theme of your poem. Make it

understandable and specific about what is being discussed. Using transition

words and phrases will keep the paragraphs flowing well and more helpful to

read.

Conclusion (3rd paragraph)

Start your conclusion by restating the thesis in different words. Summarize the

most important findings to prove the thesis. From this, you can draw up your

own opinions and take a step back and say what it all means with one key

idea. Lastly, try to leave the reader with something memorable to take

away with them (a thought-provoking sentence or question about your

poem).

Check My Work Link

Make sure to have a Check My Work Link to show that your poem and essay

are free from plagiarism (Go to your Connexus Homepage - Links - Check My

Work -Upload your essay - Copy and paste the URL at the end of your essay).

• Choose an independent reading novel – there is a quiz question about

it next week!

• If you need help choosing an independent reading novel, check out this link

from Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/8th-grade-reading

• Plagiarism will result in a zero along with a webmail and/or phone call

with me and your learning coach. DO NOT USE GOOGLE

DURING A QUIZ OR TEST!!!

Reminders

Questions/Concerns???