Poetry Bellringer #1 4/22/14

•DIRECTIONS: Use your Poetic Elements notes from yesterday to help you identify which figurative language element is being used in each example. Explain why you think it fits the characteristic you chose.

1. Summer’s ardent rustling / is like a festival outside my window.

2. The whiskey on your breath / Could make a small boy dizzy

3. Ten thousand (daffodils) saw I at a glance, / Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. / The waves beside them danced; but they / Out-did the sparkling waves in glee

•Today’s Target: I can recognize and apply poetic devices when analyzing and interpreting texts.

Poetry Bellringer #2 4/23/14

1. In today’s lesson you will analyze a poem called “Those Winter Sundays.” Think about what this title means to you. Write two to three sentences describing a typical “winter Sunday” at your house.

2. What do you think the poem might be about?

•Today’s Target: I can recognize and apply poetic devices when analyzing and interpreting texts.

1. What does the son in the poem “Those Winter Sundays” learn in adulthood about love?

2. What is one example of imagery from the poem? What sense did this example of imagery appeal to?

Today’s Target: I can explain how the speaker’s tone is developed through the poet’s use of diction, imagery, and details.

Poetry Bellringer #3 4/23/14