Extreme Poetry Vocabulary

Introduction

Standards

Objectives

Activities

Assessment

Results

Resources

What thou lovest well remains,                       the rest is dross  What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee  What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage  Whose world, or mine or theirs                       or is it of none?  First came the seen, then thus the palpable Elysium, though it were in the halls of hell, What thou lovest well is thy true heritage  What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee         (EZRA POUND, PISAN CANTOS, LXXXI)

Introduction
Subject:  Senior English
Topic: "Extreme" Poetry Vocabulary Assignment
Grade Level: 12
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Standards Addressed

California State Standards
Eleventh and Twelfth Grade
Language Arts
Literary Response and Analysis

1.0. Word analysis, fluency, and systematic vocabulary development : Students
apply their knowledge of word origins both to determine the meaning of new words encountered in reading materials and to use those words accurately.

3.1. analyze characteristics of sub-genres (e.g., satire, parody, allegory, pastoral) that are used in poetry, prose, drama, novel, short story, essay, and other basic genres

3.3. analyze how irony, tone, mood, style, and "sound" of language are to achieve specific rhetorical and/or aesthetic purposes

3.4. analyze ways in which poets use imagery, personification, figures of speech, and sounds to evoke readers' emotions

1. Students will use the websites linked to this page to define in their own words an extensive list of words that are used in analyzing poetry.

2.  Students will take a pre- and post-test demonstrating their understanding of poetry vocabulary words.
 

Student Activities

Introductory Activity
Students will take an online interactive multiple choice pre-test on the vocabulary used to analyze poetry. This pre-test will be given in our computer lab.  Students will access this quiz at the website:  http://funbrain.com

Enabling Activity(ies)
1.  Students will receive a list of poetry terms.

2.  Students will define and give an example of each of the  terms assigned.

3.  Teachers will correct these definitions with students in class or in the computer lab using the teacher correction page.

Culminating Activity
Students will take an online interactive post-test on the vocabulary used to analyze poetry. This post-test will be given in our computer lab.  Students will access this quiz at the website:  http://funbrain.com

Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
http://www.funbrain.com

Enabling Activity
http://www.dictionary.com
http://www.laredo.cc.tx.us/jbenavides/poetry_vocabulary.htm

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J. A. Cuddon (Paperback - May 2000)

The Language of Literature - British Literature textbook by McDougall Littell
 

Culminating Activity
http://www.funbrain.com