(Or write an apology poetically!)
Nine
to Ten
English/Language
Arts
History
Fine Arts
- To write a poem from memory.
- To complete a journal entry in response to a poem read aloud.
- To write in the voice and style of the poem "This is Just to Say".
- To read and interpret "This is Just to Say" where there is an implied meaning.
- To successfully complete an objective test of poetic devices.
Two
55 minute class periods
- William Carlos Williams poem "The Red Wheelbarrow"
- William Carlos Williams poem "This is Just to Say "
- Word processing software
- Transparencies/markers
- Test of poetic devices
- Computers with Internet
- Projection device
If
necessary, reserve computer lab and/or projection device in advance.
Prepare transparencies in advance.
- Students will write the poem "Tyger, Tyger" from memory.
- Read aloud while visually projecting the poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams. Students are to write a response to the speaker, subject, and message of the poem. Share responses. Some students will say "That is a dumb poem!" Allow them to have their own ideas, but encourage them to appreciate the distinction of the words transferring a meaning to the reader.
- Display William Carlos Williams poem "This is Just to Say " using a projection device. Williams was a doctor who came home late one night hungry and found plums in the refrigerator. After eating them he left the poem for his wife.
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