Poetry Lesson 2

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Blind Horse Poem
Activity: Black-Out Poetry

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This lesson contains 21 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

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(Date)
Go over Homework
Blind Horse Poem
Activity: Black-Out Poetry

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What is the poem "Still I Rise" about?
A
strength/courage
B
a broken heart
C
self-respect
D
ancestor's pain

Slide 4 - Quiz

What is the theme of "Still I Rise"?
A
Hope keeps us alive.
B
Nothing can hold you back from being you.
C
It is the inside that counts.
D
People need to be strong in the face of difficulty.

Slide 5 - Quiz

Name a metaphor from the poem.

Slide 6 - Open question

Which words or phrases
create imagery?

Slide 7 - Mind map

On a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being easy and 10 being difficult, how did you find the process of annotating this poem?

Slide 8 - Open question

Which phrase is repeated in the poem?
A
Did you want to see me broken?
B
I rise.
C
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
D
You may shoot me with your words.

Slide 9 - Quiz

What is a simile?
A
poetically calling things something else
B
an exaggeration
C
a phrase starting with the same letter
D
a comparison using like or as

Slide 10 - Quiz

Name a simile from the poem.

Slide 11 - Open question

Slide 12 - Slide

What words do you think
of when reading this poem?

Slide 13 - Mind map

Three Main Themes
Disability

Human neglection of animals 

Despair

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Enjambment

running thought from one line to another without final puntuation

Use } to highlight the enjambment in the poem
Caesura

a pause in a line of poetry, it will usually occur near the middle of a poetic line

Use an arrow to point out the caesura in the poem

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What do you think
black out poetry is?

Slide 17 - Mind map

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Black Out Poetry

Take a page from a book and pick out words on the page to make a new story and paint a pciture in the mind of the reader

Read it aloud and show it to the class by recording a Flipgrid

Extra Challenge: Create a simile, metaphor or strong imagery

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Slide 20 - Link

Homework
Create Black Out Poem and record Flipgrid reading

Read Invictus Poem in the Booklet and define: invictus, unconquerable, winced, bludgeonings, wrath, looms, and menace. Write the definitions next to the words in the poem.

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