POETRY

What is poetry?
Try to consider
Who, what,when, why,
where and how.
Placemat activity within
your group.
Created by Sofia Delios
Poetry -Word music"
Language is an orchestra, which the poet learns to play.
It is the word-music that appeals to us in a multitude of
ways.
Poems can recreate an experience, explain, or describe,
or tell a story or event,
touch our emotions,
present a surprising topic,
make us laugh,
help us look at life in a new way,
offer an unusual or surprising or challenging point of view,
and, they can puzzle us.
Poetry is the best words placed in the best order to reveal
the poem's meaning or the poets purpose.
THE EAGLE
BY ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from the mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
VOCABULARY
Decode the text and look closely at vocabulary.
Crag - a steep piece of rough rock.
Azure - clear blue sky
Reread or choral read as a whole class with new understanding of vocabulary.
I MAGERY / FI GURATI VE LANGUAGE/ MOOD
After completing decoding of the text reread and focus on each lines
imagery. Discussion.
You may like to use strategy First Step RRB, Creating Images pg 153
Discuss the mood of the poem look for particular words that sets the mood.
How has the author used figurative devices to assist the reader with imagery.
Rhyme, alliteration, personification, simile.
Check to see if students have an understanding of the figurative devices.
CI NQUAI N
THE EAGLE
WATCH THE YOUTUBE CLI P ON THE EAGLE

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All Write Round Robin, "Words to describe an eagle."
First rotation DESCRIBE an eagle (adjective), size, looks,
colour etc
Second rotation DESCRIPTIVE verbs that end with ing.
Third rotation a statement about the eagle, what it does.
Fourth rotation choose a synonym or an adjective.
Compile lists for each category.
Hand Up Pair Up "Give One Get One" or brainstorm list on
board.
Your task is to create
your own cinquain about
the eagle using the words
you have shared with
your class mates.
Write a draft copy then
good copy on the scroll
attached to the eagle.
THE EAGLE