Poetry: Day 12
Do Now: What does it mean for a hip-hop or rap artist to have flow?
Critical Thinking Questions: How do poets use meter in their writing to make it sound better? What is a free verse poem? How is free verse different from a poem that has a form?
Content: “All Falls Down” by Kanye West, “Mother to Son” and “April Rain Song” by Langston Hughes, and “Under the Greenwood Tree” by Shakespeare
Objective: Students will recognize the differences and similarities between free verse and formed poetry and will be able to recognize the rhyme scheme and meter of poems that they read and write. Students will also write their own “Mother to Son” poem.
Class Activities: Comparing Kanye’s meter to Shakespeare’s meter, Recognizing Free Verse Poetry, Writing Daughter/Son to Parent Poems in free verse.
Homework: Describe the writing style of your favorite music artist. Does this artist use a rhyming pattern? Do they have flow? Explain. (1 Paragraph)
Do Now: What does it mean for a hip-hop or rap artist to have flow?
Critical Thinking Questions: How do poets use meter in their writing to make it sound better? What is a free verse poem? How is free verse different from a poem that has a form?
Content: “All Falls Down” by Kanye West, “Mother to Son” and “April Rain Song” by Langston Hughes, and “Under the Greenwood Tree” by Shakespeare
Objective: Students will recognize the differences and similarities between free verse and formed poetry and will be able to recognize the rhyme scheme and meter of poems that they read and write. Students will also write their own “Mother to Son” poem.
Class Activities: Comparing Kanye’s meter to Shakespeare’s meter, Recognizing Free Verse Poetry, Writing Daughter/Son to Parent Poems in free verse.
Homework: Describe the writing style of your favorite music artist. Does this artist use a rhyming pattern? Do they have flow? Explain. (1 Paragraph)
