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Middle schoolers read a poem and complete a TPCASTT chart. They make a prediction about the title (T) , paraphrase each line (P), identify poetic devices and nuances (C-connotation), explore mood and tone (A-attitude), point out shifts in content or style (S), evaluate the title after reading (T), and name what they believe is the theme or main idea of the poem. Presents a very systematic way of analyzing poetry.
In this figurative language worksheet, students examine alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia, personification, metaphor, and simile. Students complete the graphic organizer with examples of each device.
Students examine how Robert Hayden and Theodore Roethke incorporate poetic devices to convey meaning in the poems, 'Those Winter Sundays,' and 'My Papa's Waltz.' They listen to audio clips, explore websites, and write an analysis of the poem's form.
Students examine the historical and cultural context in Sandburg's poem. The poetic devices of personification and apostrophe are utilized in the poem and identified by Students.
Introduce your middle and high school writers to musical poetry. They explore the six poetic devices, and locate the poetic devices in various music lyrics. Next, they choose one of the devices to teach to the class using an example they choose.
Middle schoolers become poetry experts in this jigsaw activity for short forms of poetry. In small groups, students learn about Haiku, Diamante, Concrete, Cinquain, and Limerick poetry before trying their hand at writing it, and ultimately presenting what they learned to their classmates using PowerPoint. The lesson focuses on reading and experiencing poetry as much as knowing about form and poetic devices.
Tenth graders read and analyze poetry and identify a variety of poetic devices. They create a mind web about why people write about love, read "One Perfect Rose" by Dorothy Parker and "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" by William Shakespeare, and answer discussion questions in small groups.
In this figurative language worksheet, students read and study examples of simile and metaphor. There are 20 questions to be used with Smartboard and 10 questions in which students identify similes or metaphors.
Lines from classic American songs like "American, the Beautiful," and "Splish Splash," are used to illustrate the poetic devices of assonance, consonance, and allusion. Croon along or pre-record the music to accompany this clever presentation.
Students review examples and definitions of different poetic devices. In this poetic devices lesson, students interact with the website by reading definitions and looking at examples of poetic devices such as onomatopoeia, repetition, and rhyme. They take a practice quiz and check their answers online.