Poetry I

Welcome to Poetry II
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Welcome to Poetry II

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Road map
English literature - poems

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Focus
You can define what makes a poem a poem 

You can relate what 
  • a rhyme scheme
  • meter
  • literary tools in general 
are

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A.A. Milne
Sneezles


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Your poems
haiku

lyric poem (song or sonnet)

shape poem

limerick

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Poem
'a piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme, and are chosen for their sound and for the images and ideas they suggest

Cambridge dictionary

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Meter
the rhythm of a poem

a sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables 

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Literary tools
Simile: compare with 'as' or 'like'

Metaphor: compare with 'to be' or similar word

Alliteration: manage my motly misers

Rhyme (of course)

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Write
Minimum requirements:

  • 4 lines
  •  one simile or metaphor
  • use rhyme 
  • one instance of alliteration

Ready? 
Do unit 2, 19, 28, 29, 42, 44
timer
25:00

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Homework
Study vocab 2.1, 2.2., 2.3 
Finish unit 2, 19, 28, 29, 42, 44


Study grammar present simple, present continuous and present perfect in your checkbook

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Focus
You can define what makes a poem a poem 

You can relate what 
  • a rhyme scheme
  • meter
  • literary tools in general 
are

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Rhyme scheme
Rhyme = 
repetition of the last sounds  of a word.

Day - May                    A

temperate - date          B

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