SOUL MOON SOUPBY LINDSAY LEE JOHNSON

Rhythm

October 1st, 2015

Today’s Objective:

I will create rhythm within

my 3 narrative poems

Activities

Snippet: Writing

Review Poem Requirements

Mini-Lesson: Rhythm in poetry (10)

Re-Format Poems with Rhythm (5)

Quick Write:

Add details for setting/mood to your 1st poem.

Revision Revision 1: Add words that appeal to

the 5 senses.

Your Narrative Poems (Due Friday)

• Poem requirements:• write 3 or more poems of 15

lines or more each (so 45+ total lines)

• counts as a formative assessment

• grade based on MYP Rubric (C: Producing Text / D: Using Language)

• Structure of 3 poems:• 1st poem = introduction of

character, setting, and conflict• 2nd poem = development of

conflict (i.e. rising action and climax)

• 3rd poem = conclusion and illustration of the theme (i.e. falling action and resolution)

5 literary elements of the 6 below:

Plot Conflict Setting Point of View Character Theme

2 craft tools of the 3 below or others:

Variation in Rhythm (caesura, enjambment, etc. )

Imagery Figurative Language

Other Sets of Poems

DRAWING: IN CLASS• “Doodles” (20)• “Teacher Trouble” (37) • “Daring to Draw” (62)• “Drawing Again” (65)• “A Little Something for

Mama” (125)• “Feasting on Soul Moon

Soup” (132)

DADDY: • “Who I Am” (9)• “Remembering Daddy”

(16)• “Life with Daddy” (17)• “Necessary and Gone”

(29)

THE SUITCASE: • “Necessary Burdens” (14)• “The Last Burden Falls

Away” (39)• “A Little Something for

Mama” (125)• “Mama Looks Deeper”

(128)

MAMA: • “Making Jam with Gram”

(67)• “More Sorry Secrets” (71)• “Compensation” (76)• “The Last of It” (108)

Writing

Draft your 3 poems. 15+ lines each

• 1st poem = introduction of character, setting, and conflict

• 2nd poem = development of conflict (i.e. rising action and climax)

• 3rd poem = conclusion and illustration of the theme (i.e. falling action and resolution)

RHYTHM

The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem

Rhythm can be created by meter, rhyme, and alliteration.

ONOMATOPOEIA

Words that imitate the sound they are naming

BUZZ OR sounds that imitate another sound

CLAP

SLAP

STOMP!

ALLITERATION

Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

Rhythm Poems

“Fading Fast” pg. 35

“Compensation” pg. 76

“Push and Pull” pg. 99

Adding Rhythm

Revisit your drafted poems:

How can I re-write my poems, in line/stanza format,

adding elements of rhythm.

By the END of class you should have…

your 3 poems drafted (Rough Drafts)