IRLA: Rhyme Scheme, Alliteration, and Repetition
Hey, everyone! This week, our focus on poetry will be on how to identify and discus a poet’s use of rhyme scheme and a poet’s use of alliteration. We’ll also be taking a look at some interviews with poets to see what poetry means to each of them, and we’ll be looking at the use of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )IRLA: Introduction to Poetry
In class today, we read the poem, “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins. We examined its figurative language, and as we tried to figure out what it meant – its irony. Here is the video clip we also listened to with Billy Collins reading the poem himself. Notice which words he places extra emphasis on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )IRLA: Poetry!
Today, we begin our journey into poetry! To kick off the unit, we’ve explored many of our preconceptions about poetry and immediately began to change these ideas and challenge them with new ones – thanks largely to Sarah Kay and Chris Rockwell. (I have to say that I was very impressed with your observations and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )POETRY RESPONSE: “Phenomenal Woman” (Stephen O.)
The poem that I have read is “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou. Angelou is not known only for her poems, but for her biographies. When she writes she writes about her childhood and the experiences of growing up poor and in an abusive household. Some other poems that she wrote about her life are, “They [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )POETRY RESPONSE: “Road Not Taken” (Abby G.)
I just read a poem called “Road Not Taken” by Robert Lee Frost. He is a famous poet. I think that this poem is about life. In life there’s always two roads which represent choices you make. If you pick the right choice, even if it is difficult because it means being different, it will [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Summer Reading Projects and Poetry Responses
Hello! Our first series of student written posts will be book reviews from summer reading and reactions to an assortment of poems. This assignment was a quick-write, but students did follow all stages of the writing process from brainstorming, to drafting, to revising, then editing, and finally publishing here on the blog. There will be [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )The Poetry of Song Lyrics
We will be covering a unit on poetry in the near future, but before we begin I’d love to get a conversation going about some of your favorite song lyrics. Below are a few excerpts from some of my favorites. Please respond to them or post your own favorites. Miss Morris In the rain, [...]
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