Tuesday, January 3, Sounds of POETRY

Objective: By the end of class, students will writevan original poem and learn new literary devices and how they are used in poetry.

DO NOW

Use holt text to define the following terms and put them in your notebooks:

Alliteration

Rhyme

Personification

Metaphor

Simile

1. Look at the tongue twisters. These are good examples of alliteration. Write three original tongue twisters.

2. I AM POEM - Use graphic organizer to write an original poem about yourself.

3. Read the personification poem and complete the graphic organizer.

4. Review answers.

Exit Pass

Personify the following in one sentence each:

SNOW

SKY

STAR

HW - find a poem or song that you like and bring in the lyrics.