Assignment 1 and 2 -Poetry
Assignment 1Choose a poem and explicate it in terms of theme, audience, tone, point of view, diction, figurative language, rhyme and meter (if applicable).How does the style contribute to the meaning of the poem?What is the significance of the title?How does this poem speak to you as a reader?Assignment 2Poetry is often intimidating to young readers. Choose a particular poem and devise a lesson plan for teaching it. Address the elements of poetry listed above while keeping in mind accessibility and relevance to the reader.What type of assignment (creative or analytic) might you give for teaching that poet?Can you think of other poems not on this list that you would want to include and why?**PLEASE MAKE SURE ASSIGNMENTS ARE IN SEPARATE DOCUMENTS. Readings:Shakespeare sonnets:130 “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”73 “That time of year thou mayst in me behold”29 “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eye”18 “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”Robert Frost Design, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, The Road Not TakenEmily Dickinson Faith is a fine invention, Because I could not stop for Death, I heard a fly buzz when I diedWalt WhitmanOh Captain! My Captain!, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard BloomdLangston Hughes Theme for English B, The Weary Blues, HarlemMaya Angelou Caged Bird, Phenomenal Woman, Still I RiseWallace Stevens, The Snow Man, “The Emperor of Ice CreamNaomi Shihab Nye Valentine for Ernest Mann, FamousBilly Collins On Turning Ten, The Lanyard
