Poetry: Day 13
Do Now: Does the form of a poem or song affect its meaning? For example, does a free verse poem automatically have a different meaning than a sonnet?
Critical Thinking Questions: How can we re-think and value our conversations with our guardians and those who care about us? How is free-verse poetry different from poetry with a form?
Content: Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son”
Objective: To follow up on meter and to be able to evaluate whether a poem is free verse or has some form. To write their own free verse poem relational poem.
Class Activities: Reading and evaluating “Mother to Son” as free verse or with form, Writing our own relational poems, Reviewing type of poetry: Cinquain, Sonnet, Personification, Free Verse, (Haiku)
Homework: Complete Free-Verse Relationship Poems
Do Now: Does the form of a poem or song affect its meaning? For example, does a free verse poem automatically have a different meaning than a sonnet?
Critical Thinking Questions: How can we re-think and value our conversations with our guardians and those who care about us? How is free-verse poetry different from poetry with a form?
Content: Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son”
Objective: To follow up on meter and to be able to evaluate whether a poem is free verse or has some form. To write their own free verse poem relational poem.
Class Activities: Reading and evaluating “Mother to Son” as free verse or with form, Writing our own relational poems, Reviewing type of poetry: Cinquain, Sonnet, Personification, Free Verse, (Haiku)
Homework: Complete Free-Verse Relationship Poems
