Critical Thinking Question: What is poetry? Is there any one correct interpretation or meaning to poetry? How does punctuation help your message as a writer?
Content: “Introduction to Poetry” By Billy Collins, “The Cord” by Leanne O’Sullivan
Class Activities: Partner, then class discussion of the meaning of the poem. Analyzing punctuation in the poem for stops and pauses.
Homework: As a comma, period, and semicolon master, add these punctuation marks to the poem, “The Summer I was Sixteen.”
Answer questions about the poem from the two different perspectives explained.
Content: “Introduction to Poetry” By Billy Collins, “The Cord” by Leanne O’Sullivan
Class Activities: Partner, then class discussion of the meaning of the poem. Analyzing punctuation in the poem for stops and pauses.
Homework: As a comma, period, and semicolon master, add these punctuation marks to the poem, “The Summer I was Sixteen.”
Answer questions about the poem from the two different perspectives explained.
