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WRITING WORKSHOP
Poetry
Learning Targets
• With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
• Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
• Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
• Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain- specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
• Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text; provide an objective summary of a text.
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
Writing Poetry
Poetry is a type of creative and reflective writing that provides rich opportunities for recollection of past, present, or imagined experiences and thoughtful reflection. The purpose of poetry is to communicate insights, emotions, and observations through the manipulation of language.
To complete this workshop on poetry writing, you will work with your teacher and your classmates to construct two model poems. You will then use these models to write your own poem.
ACTIVITY 1
Discovering the Elements of Poetry
Before Reading
1. Think about your own experiences with poetry. When have you read or written poetry? What kinds of things do poets write about?
2. Use the QHT chart on the following page to rate your level of familiarity with the following terms: sonnet, speaker, tone, quatrain, couplet, enjambment, shift, syllable, meter, rhyme scheme, vivid verbs, alliteration, parallel structure, figurative language, juxtaposition, idiom, metaphor, personification, and simile.
LEARNING STRATEGIES
QHT, Think-Pair-Share, Marking the Text,
Free Writing, Drafting, Discussion Groups, Sharing and Responding, Think Aloud, Guided Writing, Graphic Organizer, Adding, Deleting, Rearranging, Revising Prior Work, Self-Editing/Peer-Editing
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
A Shakespearean sonnet is a lyric poem with fourteen lines consisting of three four-line quatrains and a concluding two-line couplet.
Writing Workshop 8 • Poetry 1
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