Poetry Web Quest

Smart Goal: Increase understanding of poetry through identification of poetic devices.

1. Click on link below.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm#

2. Click on links below.

http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/poetry/silverstein/

b)   Listen to “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/video/281

c)    Listen to “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth

 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/video/287

            d) Listen to “Hope” by Emily Dickenson

3.     3. Complete response to poetry assignment:

-       State whether you liked the poem (why or why not)

-       Identify examples of rhyme, repetition, alliteration, figurative language

-       Identify the meaning of the poem.

-       Identify the mood of the poem (i.e. angry, sad, hopeful). Explain you answer.

Discuss with the class.