FINAL 5 JOURNALS DUE THIS FRIDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT!

Poetry Unit Test Study Guide: POETRY UNIT STUDY GUIDE

Powerpoint explaining the format of the reading journal: poetry reading journal

MLA Citation

Class Powerpoints:

Poetic Structures

LITERARY DEVICES

Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, & Repetition

Alliteration

Iambic Pentameter

A Brief History of English Poetry

CLASS READINGS:

The Road Not Taken: http://www.bartleby.com/119/1.html

Macavity: The Mystery Cat: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/t__s__eliot/poems/15127

Shoulders: http://www.panhala.net/Archive/Shoulders.html

Daily: http://www.panhala.net/Archive/Daily.html

Jabberwocky:http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: http://www.bartelby.com/145/ww260.html

Dreams: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16075

 A Dream Deferred: http://www.cswnet.com/~menamc/langston.htm

The Eagle: http://holyjoe.net/poetry/tennysn1.htm

The Raven: http://www.houseofusher.net/raven.html

Seven Ages of Man: http://classicpoetryaloud.podomatic.com/entry/2008-04-22T05_39_24-07_00

Sonnet 30: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/30.html

Caged Bird: http://judithpordon.tripod.com/poetry/maya_angelou_caged_bird.html

Reading Journal Rubric:

Bibliographic entry                                            1 point

3 Quotes w/ MLA citation                                3 points

Summary paragraph                                          2 points

Literary Device Paragraph                              2 points

Analysis paragraph                                           2 points

Total                                                                10 points

10 points/poem x 10 poems = 100 points

Parallel Reading: Alice Through the Looking Glass: http://www.audiobooktreasury.com/free-audio-books/looking-glass.htm

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