Poetry+Unit

= = =Poetry Unit= The assignments and most of the material in this unit comes from Ms. Dawn Hogue's CyberEnglish website found [|here.]

__**For copies of all poems covered in class, click**__ **HERE**


 * __Unit Summary:__**
 * Read these pages
 * Read ten poems
 * Create a poetry journal
 * Read your favourite poem from this unti to the class
 * Create an Illuminated Text on a poem you have written
 * Unit tests.


 * Read these pages:** our unit has several components and assignments. Much of the work will be in addition to what we are doing in class and will have to be done on your own time as homework. It is important to know when your assignments are due and what is expected.


 * Read ten poems:** of your own choosing. Links to online poetry can be found here. Other sources of poems are in our class textbooks as well as in the school library. Do not choose poems we have read together in class. Also,
 * use only published poems and not poems written by friends or other students
 * anyymous poems are also not allowed for the poetry journal
 * do not use poems written for children
 * avoid song lyrics
 * poems from .com sites should not be used for this unit
 * create a hyperlink in the title of the poem in your journal to the site where the poem is found.


 * Create a poetry journal:** which is your own collection of favourite poems for this class. It's your anthology. In your journal, you will list all ten of the poems you read for this unit and the poets. __For three of the ten poems__, you will write a longer journal entry of at least 150 words. Write why you like the poem or what it means to you. Be specific with this. Give reasons and examples to support what you say. Also, point out something specific in the poem that connects to one of the elements of poetry that we have discussed in class. For example, if you found a metaphor in the poem, write it down and explain it. Or if there is a great image in the poem, explain what it is. For the other seven poems, you will write three sentences about each one. Look here to see how to set up your poetry journal.

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