Lesson 1.1 - Intro to ENG 4U; What is Poetry? Why Poetry?
Learning Goals: By the end of this lesson you will be able to
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(1) feel that you have successfully reviewed the basic concepts of poetry that you learned in ENG3U - the prerequisite course for ENG4U;
(2) feel confident in making increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in several poems and your personal knowledge, experience, insights, and the world around you.
Your success in reaching these goals will be evaluated with criteria including (1) an Achievement Rubric, (2) a Discussion Forum either with the teacher and/or other students, as well as (3) several short assessments FOR and AS Learning quizzes, and an OF Learning test.
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Add the following Poetry Words and meaning to your Glossary. Use an online Dictionary and Tag your name. Copy and paste directly.
Acrostic
Annotate
Haiku
Paraphrase
Imagery
Inference
Meter
Myth
Rhyme
Syllable
Before the Wednesday class please download and complete the short questionnaire.
Upload it as a PDF document onto MOODLE.
Your answers to these questions will give Ms. C Wang a better understanding of you as a student and your needs and expectations for the course.
Haiku poetry was originally developed by Japanese poets, and is often inspired by nature, a moment of beauty, or an emotional experience.
Use concrete images and descriptions. Avoid any ideas that are abstract or vague. Instead, go for 'imagery' that is easy for the reader to 'imagine'.
Haikus are meant to be read in one breath.
Try describing the subject with details that feel fresh and new.
ASSIGNMENT - Go online and research the famous Japanese poet BASHO (1644-1694). Find two haiku poems written by him that you like and paste them in a WordDoc. Underneath each Haiku paraphrase each one of the three lines in your own words. If you can, try and use the same 5-7-5 syllable metre in your own version.
Submission Format: PDF and post below (include your name, date and assignment title)
Using the February 14, 2018 Parkland, Florida shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as an example of a dramatic incident described in a newspaper article turned into a poem, you will search online for something as dramatic such as a war, a terrorist attack, a Covid outbreak, a tragic accident etc. as the basis for a "found poem".
Compiled from “School shooting’s 911 transcript a tale of grief, horror, dismay.” The Toronto Star, March 12, 2018. Click here to access article.
Copy the article into a WordDoc and use the highlighter feature in Word to isolate words and phrases that you feel capture the event and the emotion of the newspaper article. These will be the "building blocks" of your new poem.
Organize and structure those words and phrases together, either chronologically or anyway other way you wish, to create what you consider to be a poem - no more than 50 lines in length.
TIPS: vary the lengths of each line; don't try and make whole sentences (this is not prose, it's poetry)
Post your copy of the article with highlights and your poem in the same WordDoc.
Submission Format: PDF (include your name and date); Double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt font.
You will select ONE of the poems from the list below and use the link to read your choice of poem. Or you can select ONE poem from the Resources in Unit One.
Write a 150 word personal response (1-2 paragraphs) describing ways in which you feel the poem that you selected connects with your life - your emotions, feelings, experiences, or in some other personal way.
Include 1-2 simple quotations and explain your thinking in a clear way.
PDF and post to Moodle below (include your name and date); Double spaced,Select one poem from this List
Where I Come From by Elizabeth Brewster
My November Guest by Robert Frost
The Blue Bird by Charles Bukowski
Siren Song by Margaret Atwood
I look at the world by Langston Hughes
Dreams by Langston Hughes
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Weave In, My Hardy Life by Walt Whitman
See below for today's Homework and Independent Study
Think about the following question for Reflection and Discussion: Which poems most interested you in this lesson? Explain why.
50 words. Answer in Moodle; respond to 2 of your classmates' postings
In this folder you will find the poem titled "Through A Restaurant Window." What is the basic story (narrative) being described in this poem? What is happening? What is the setting for the poem? Who do you think is the speaker?
Post your reflection in writing (100-200 words) or have a discussion in class with Chessie Zhu.