Writing skills - write a poem 220125

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

Welcome!

A poem  - general definition

1. an arrangement of language that conveys a story, an idea, or an emotion.

2. an emotional expression including (but not limited to) loss or love.

3. a purposeful gathering of literary techniques, which may include the visual (imagery), the sonic (assonance, alliterations, repetition), and the figurative (metaphor, simile).

A poem - personal goals

1. to make sense of something that has happened

2. to express emotions 

3. to bring some things to other people's attention in a creative way

4. ......

Poetry

 It is work, the close study of language, practiced again and again, often with less-than-stellar results. Poetry is also life, imagined or real, told selectively, told so that someone else might understand the truth of it and its emotional and experiential content.

CM Burroughs -  Writing professor Columbia, USA

Poetry - How to

1. decide on a topic 

2. explore this topic - note the specifics - specific people at a specific moment in time / specific emotions at a specific time/ specific story

3. use poetic devices to help you express yourself (alliteration, rhyme, meter, repetition etc.)

Your poem

1. at least 8 lines

2. at least 2 poetic devices 

3. one theme 

4. English B1+

Road map

Watching and listening skills 

6V 2015 -2016 complete test

Strands

https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

Wordle

https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Squaredle

https://squaredle.app/

Your books?

Strands

https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

Wordle

https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Squaredle

https://squaredle.app/

Assignment

4. Read through your list of all the things you remember, and choose three of the most interesting things. 

Focus on those three things, which are probably specific images, as you construct a poem about your event or incident. 

Min: 8 lines, one theme, three specific images. English level B1+, use of poetic devices, your own! 

Assignment

1. Choose a specific event from your past.

2. Imagine the event from start to finish. Really see the memory.

3. Make a list of all the things you remember—all the objects and moments that you recall from this event. If your event is a block party, for example, some of your objects might be the plywood DJ booth, a purple ice cream truck, the neighborhood grump sitting on his porch yelling at kids, the Cubs ball cap you were wearing, a fire hydrant, someone’s creamsicle melting on the sidewalk, hearing the Beatles singing 'Yesterday'.