Poetry

1. Poetry I can analyze a poem and describe its structure. ELACC4RL5

2. Agenda • Homework Review (5 min) • Notetaking (10 min) • Stations (30 min) • Test Prep (10 min) • Show What You Know and Dismissal (5 min)

3. Homework Review (5 min) • Take Out Your Homework Packet! • Listen carefully • Questions? Write Ms. V a note! • Put Homework Packet Away

4. Poetry • Essential Question: Structure is the way a text is made. How is a poem structured? • What is a poem? • A poem is a text that communicates feelings or ideas. • There are 4 important things to know about the structure of poetry.

5. About Poetry Poetry is 1. written in verse Verse can be found in songs or poetry. Verse is writing with a pattern of rhythm.The rhythm is put in predicable patterns called meters.Meters are premeasured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables. Ex. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again.

6. About Poetry Poetry is 2. crafted in stanzas and lines that sometimes rhyme Stanzas are groups of lines separated by spaces. Do You Know The Muffin Man Do you know the Muffin Man, The Muffin Man, The Muffin Man? Do you know the Muffin Man Who lives in Drury Lane? Yes, I know the Muffin Man, The Muffin Man, The Muffin Man. Yes, I know the Muffin Man Who lives in Drury Lane.

7. About Poetry 3. uses figurative language, including similes and metaphors Metaphor – compares 2 unlike things Simile – compares 2 unlike things using like or as ex. “Life is a snowflake” 4. that has a narrator, called the “speaker” Sometimes the speaker is unknown The poet and the speaker are not the same thing ex. My Baby Sister

8. Practice • Is this written in prose, drama, or verse? • This poem is written in VERSE. It has rhythm. • How many stanzas? • 3 • How many lines? • 12 • Who is the speaker? • The Sky! • Any figurative language? • The speaker is compared to“a free and open field”. • The birds also play hide-and-seek, which is like people! This is called personification. YOUR HIGHNESS I am a free and open field That's never out of bounds, Where kites and planes and boomerangs Can do their ups and downs. I am the biggest yard of all, Where birds begin their play Of hide-n-seek among the clouds At each new break of day. I am the place called outer space, Where nothing is too high. I am the home of all the stars-- I am the endless SKY.

9. Stations (30 min) You must complete ALL six stations this week. Stations will be graded! • Teacher Station: More Practice! (I will call you over.) • Word Study: Affixes Game • Speaking & Listening: Evidence Review • Fluency: Reader’s Theatre • Computer: StudyIsland.com Lesson on Poetry • Independent Reading: Complete Graphic Organizer

10. Review EQ & Key Points So, how is a poem structured? A poem is • written in verse (with rhythm) • crafted in lines and stanzas that sometimes rhyme • uses figurative language, including similes and metaphors • that has a narrator, called the “speaker”

11. Text: Mr. Nobody: Test Prep (10 min) I know a funny little man, As quiet as a mouse, Who does the mischief that is done In everybody’s house! There’s no one ever sees his face, And yet we all agree That every plate we break was cracked By Mr. Nobody. ’Tis he who always tears out books, Who leaves the door ajar, He pulls the buttons from our shirts, And scatters pins afar; That squeaking door will always squeak, For prithee, don’t you see, We leave the oiling to be done By Mr. Nobody. The finger marks upon the door By none of us are made; We never leave the blinds unclosed, To let the curtains fade. The ink we never spill; the boots That lying round you see Are not our boots,—they all belong To Mr. Nobody. 1. What is the best summary of the poem? • A stranger keeps sneaking into everyone’s house • Mr. Nobody is a strange neighbor who comes to visit from time to time. • A funny little man gets into mischief. • Everyone blames Mr. Nobody instead of taking the blame themselves. 2. According to the poem, Mr. Nobody does all of the mischief that is done. What does mischief mean? • loveliness • sadness • trouble • niceness

12. Text: Mr. Nobody: Test Prep (10 min) I know a funny little man, As quiet as a mouse, Who does the mischief that is done In everybody’s house! There’s no one ever sees his face, And yet we all agree That every plate we break was cracked By Mr. Nobody. ’Tis he who always tears out books, Who leaves the door ajar, He pulls the buttons from our shirts, And scatters pins afar; That squeaking door will always squeak, For prithee, don’t you see, We leave the oiling to be done By Mr. Nobody. The finger marks upon the door By none of us are made; We never leave the blinds unclosed, To let the curtains fade. The ink we never spill; the boots That lying round you see Are not our boots,—they all belong To Mr. Nobody. 3. The poem has _______ stanzas. • 2 • 3 • 8 • 24 4. How many lines does the poem have? • 2 • 3 • 8 • 24 5. This text is written in • dialogue • verse • prose • drama 6. Which is true about the speaker of the poem? • The poem has no speaker. • The speaker writes in first person. • The speaker is Mr. Nobody. • The speaker causes trouble.

13. Exit Ticket (5 min)Include name, date, block, and answer #1-3. 1. How many stanzas does the poem have? 2. This poem is written in A. dialogue B. verse C. prose D. drama 3. Which is true about the poem? A. The author uses rhyme in the poem. B. The poem has no speaker. C. The poem has no author. D. The poem uses only literal language. Wind Song (Author Unknown) Here comes the wind, with a noise and a whirr, Out on the streets he is making a stir. Now he sends flying a fine, stiff hat, Tosses and leaves it all muddy and flat; Turns an umbrella quite inside out, Tears up stray papers and scatters about, Makes big balloons out of ladies' long capes, Skirts into sails, then--the queerest of shapes. The wind is an enemy, often we say: "We never quite like it--a windy day!" The winds blows the seeds from their close little pods And scatters them far away--rods upon rods; He plants them where never an eye could see Place for their growing and blooming to be. He blows away rain, and scatters the dew, He sweeps the earth clean and makes it all new. He blows away sickness and brings good health He comes overladen with beauty and wealth. Oh, the wind is a friend! Let us always say: "We love it, we love it, a windy day!"