Writing skills - write a poem 220125

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

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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/