11.06 - Poetry Out Loud Poem Selection

Today in class people signed up for the poems they would like to recite for Poetry Out Loud and then had time to begin working on memorizing their poems. We then spent some time with everyone reading their poem to a partner. This lead us towards some poetry analysis. To get into this analysis we went over some basic terms that can be helpful:

Diction - word choice
Denotation - the definition of a word
Connotation - words and ideas associated with a word
Tone - emotion the author conveys
Figurative language - non-literal language, language that has a meaning beyond what is being said

I then handed out a sheet detailing how to unpack meaning in a poem. We reviewed this information and talked about what poem annotation would look like.

Handouts:

Unpacking Your Poem

Homework:

Work on the formal analysis of your TED Talk (due tomorrow)

TED Talk Analysis assignment

Begin your annotations on your Poetry Out Loud poem.