English 2 PreAP Poetry Unit

Objectives: The students will be able to….

…appreciate poetry as a genre

…recognize and explain the significance of poetic devices

…understand how authors create tone and meaning in poetry

…compose analytical essays discussing how authors achieve meaning and tone in poetry.

Strategies for Learning

Lesson 1: Understanding poetic structure

Strategies for Learning Lesson 1 Bell Activity

With a partner, read the poems for today’s study.

“Annabel Lee” by Poe

“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” by Longfellow

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Frost

Strategies for Learning:Vocabulary Definitions

LineA unit of attention, not necessarily a unit of sense

StanzaA division of a poem created by arranging the lines into units separated by a space

End-stoppedA line of verse in which a logical or rhetorical pause occurs at the end of the line

EnjambedContinuation of the sense and the grammatical structure beyond the line

ShiftA change in tone, speaker, meaning

TP-CASTT: A Method for Analyzing Poetry

See handout!!

Strategies for LearningNotes

Notes on line, stanza, end-stopped, enjambed using “Annabel Lee”

Notes on TP-CASTT using “Annabel Lee”

Strategies for LearningPractice

Partner Practice using “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”

Label the stanzas A, B, C, etc.

Count the lines in each stanza.

Determine if a line is end-stopped or enjambed.

Complete as much as you can of a TP-CASTT (the C may cause problems)

Your turn!

For the Frost poem “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, complete the same assignments:

# stanzas

#lines

End-Stopped or enjambed

TP-CASTT

Lesson 2: Understanding Lesson 2: Understanding RhymeRhyme

Lesson 2 Bell Activity. Lesson 2 Bell Activity. With an elbow partner, write a poem With an elbow partner, write a poem

about cows. Include the following:about cows. Include the following:2-stanzas of 3 lines each2-stanzas of 3 lines eachOne enjambed lineOne enjambed lineOne end-stopped lineOne end-stopped line

ObjectivesObjectives

Understand types of rhymeUnderstand types of rhymeConsider effects of rhyming choicesConsider effects of rhyming choices

Poems to considerPoems to consider

““Annabel Lee” by PoeAnnabel Lee” by Poe““The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” by The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” by

LongfellowLongfellow““Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Stopping by Woods on a Snowy

Evening” by FrostEvening” by Frost

Strategies for Learning:Strategies for Learning:Vocabulary DefinitionsVocabulary Definitions

RhymeRhymeRepetition of identical concluding syllablesRepetition of identical concluding syllables

Rhyme schemeRhyme schemeA pattern of rhyme indicated by assigning a A pattern of rhyme indicated by assigning a

letter of the alphabet to each rhyming letter of the alphabet to each rhyming soundsound

End rhymeEnd rhymeRhyming at the end of a lineRhyming at the end of a line

Internal rhymeInternal rhymeRhyming words within a line Rhyming words within a line

Vocabulary, continuedVocabulary, continued

Slant or near rhymeSlant or near rhyme Concluding consonants are the same but the Concluding consonants are the same but the

vowels are different (take, walk)vowels are different (take, walk) Eye or sight rhymeEye or sight rhyme

Words with the same spellings but different Words with the same spellings but different pronunciations (bury, fury)pronunciations (bury, fury)

Feminine rhymeFeminine rhyme Two rhyming syllablesTwo rhyming syllables

Masculine rhymeMasculine rhyme One rhyming syllableOne rhyming syllable

Vocabulary, continuedVocabulary, continued

Enclosed or enveloped rhymeEnclosed or enveloped rhymeABBA rhyme patternABBA rhyme pattern

Interlocking rhymeInterlocking rhymeThe third line of one stanza becomes the The third line of one stanza becomes the

primary rhyme in the next stanzaprimary rhyme in the next stanzaExact rhymeExact rhyme

Same word rhymingSame word rhyming

Partner practice Time!Partner practice Time!

With a partner, read and label all With a partner, read and label all rhyming words in “Helen” and “To rhyming words in “Helen” and “To Helen.”Helen.”

Also, locate examples of enjambed Also, locate examples of enjambed and end-stopped lines.and end-stopped lines.

Individual Practice Time!Individual Practice Time!

Read and label all rhyming words in Read and label all rhyming words in “The Raven.”“The Raven.”

Also, locate examples of enjambed Also, locate examples of enjambed and end-stopped lines.and end-stopped lines.

Lesson 3: Sound Devices and Lesson 3: Sound Devices and Figurative LanguageFigurative Language Objectives:Objectives:

Be able to recognize and provide Be able to recognize and provide examples of various sound devices and examples of various sound devices and figurative language used in poetry. figurative language used in poetry.

Consider how sound devices and Consider how sound devices and figurative language used contribute to figurative language used contribute to meaning in poetrymeaning in poetry

Discover how an author’s choice in Discover how an author’s choice in diction can create sound imagery and diction can create sound imagery and meaning meaning

TERMS TO KNOW!TERMS TO KNOW!

AlliterationAlliteration Repetition of initial consonant soundsRepetition of initial consonant sounds

AssonanceAssonance Repetition of vowel sounds within words Repetition of vowel sounds within words

that have different ending consonant that have different ending consonant soundssounds

ConsonanceConsonance Repetition of consonant sounds within Repetition of consonant sounds within

wordswords HyperboleHyperbole

An exaggerationAn exaggeration

More terms!More terms!

MetaphorMetaphor A comparison of two unlike objects A comparison of two unlike objects

stating that one thing IS anotherstating that one thing IS another OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia

Words that sound like their meaningWords that sound like their meaning PersonificationPersonification

Giving inanimate objects human Giving inanimate objects human characteristicscharacteristics

SimileSimile Comparison of two unlike objects using Comparison of two unlike objects using

like or aslike or as

Partner practicePartner practice

Poetry Unit: Partner PracticePoetry Unit: Partner Practice Write a poem about cows that includes Write a poem about cows that includes

examples of each of these elements. Be examples of each of these elements. Be sure to label each one!sure to label each one! 4+ stanzas, 3+ lines each4+ stanzas, 3+ lines each Stanzas 1-3 should be in one tone (define it!)Stanzas 1-3 should be in one tone (define it!) Demonstrate a shift and a new tone in stanza 4 Demonstrate a shift and a new tone in stanza 4

(define it!)(define it!) An enjambed and an end-stopped lineAn enjambed and an end-stopped line Rhymes: masculine, feminine, slant, eye, Rhymes: masculine, feminine, slant, eye,

internal, end, enclosed, interlocking, exactinternal, end, enclosed, interlocking, exact Sound Devices: alliteration, assonance, Sound Devices: alliteration, assonance,

consonance, onomatopoeiaconsonance, onomatopoeia Figurative Language: hyperbole, metaphor, Figurative Language: hyperbole, metaphor,

personificationpersonification

Individual PracticeIndividual Practice

Lesson 4: Understanding Rhythm

Objectives:– Recognize metrical patterns in poetry. – Understand how authors’ choices affect meaning

Lesson 3 Bell Activity

Listen to “Be Prepared” from The Lion King– Think about rhythm in the song. – How does the rhythm contribute to the song’s

mood?

Learning Rhythmic Patterns

Listen to “Stressed and Unstressed” and consider the definitions to the following