Today, we discussed the poetry unit exam you will write tomorrow. Here are some of the specifics I mentioned that you need to know:
Any terms, rhyme schemes, or rhyme patterns found in your "Everything You Need to Know About Poetry... " booklet.
The steps on how to actively read a poem in a NON TEST SITUATION:
what do do the first time (examine title, count stanzas and lines, do end rhyme scheme, highlight punctuation and read)
what to do the second time (highlight unfamiliar words, look up meanings and put them on the page, highlight figurative language)
what to do the third time (paraphrase passages, summarize the work at the bottom, determine who the speaker is from the evidence presented in the poem)
You will also be asked to outline the seven sentence introductory paragraph as you have had it presented to you in class. These notes are present in earlier blogs, but I will list them in an abridged form for you here
Sentence 1: Attention getter
Sentence 2: explain how attention getter ties to topic
Sentence 3: Introduction of text (author, genre, overview)
Sentence 4: summary of text as it pertains to one of your main points
Sentence 5: Summary of text as it pertains to another one of your main points
Sentence 6: Summary of text as it pertains to another one of your main points
Sentence 7: Thesis
This test will have three poems that you will have to read actively (but with your eye on the clock so you can fit this in!)
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