POETRY WEBQUEST

EDU 505

Ashley Dolengo

INTRODUCTION

Poetry is an integral part of literature and art and is actually referred to as literary art because it uses language to create something that is appealing to the ear.

It is used to tell stories, share thoughts and feelings, teach themes and morals and can tell us a lot about the poet, his/her life and the society that the poet lived in.

This WebQuest is designed to help you learn about the different types of poetry.

TASK Your task is to read each poem on the

selected poems list and identify what type of poem (free verse, haiku, limerick, ode, sonnet, narrative etc) they are.

You must explain why/how you have identified the poem.

After you have finished reading and identifying each poem, you are to pick your favorite style of poetry and write your own poem in this style.

PROCESS

You will read each poem on the selected poems list by using the resources list and the Internet to search for every poem.

After reading each poem, you will identify what type of poem that you think it is and why/how you have come to that conclusion.

You may refer to your poetry terms and definitions list to help identify each poem.

When you are done identifying the poems, you will pick your favorite style of poetry and write your own poem. You may write on any topic you like, as long as it is appropriate.

SELECTED POEMS “Still I’ll Rise” by Maya Angelou “My Life had stood- a Loaded Gun” by Emily Dickinson “The Summer Chair” by Jack Kerouac “To a Stranger” by Walt Whitman “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett

Browning “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos

Williams “I, Too” by Langston Hughes “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

POETRY RESOURCES LIST Poetry Foundation www.poetryfoundation.org

Poem Hunter www.poemhunter.com

Poetry www.poets.org

Poems www.poems.com

Or you may google the title and author of the poem.

WRITING RESOURCES Writing with Writers Poetry Edition http://

teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry

Web English Teacher http://www.webenglishteacher.com/poetry.html

Purdue Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/615/01

POEM TOPICS AND IDEAS Your poem can be about anything you wish to

write about. It can be about something that happened to you today or recently, a feeling or thought you have, a major theme in your life, a friend or family member etc. The possibilities are endless.

You are encouraged to use your senses when writing your poem. What do you see, hear, smell, feel, taste? Using your senses is a good way to incorporate imagery into your poem and be creative.

EVALUATION You will be evaluated in the following ways:

Poem Identification and Explanation is worth 45 points: Identification of each poem is worth 2 points. Explanation of how/why you identified the poem is worth 3

points.

Your poem will be worth 55 points and I will be looking for the following: Creativity: 25 points Adherence to chosen style: 20 points Spelling/Punctuation and Grammar: 10 points You are encouraged to write a first draft and then go back and

look for spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors. Doing this after you have written the poem allows you to be creative and carefree while writing.

CONCLUSION When you are finished identifying the poems and

writing your individual poem, you are to hand them both in to me. Poem identification must be finished by the end of class but you may take your poem home to finish if you need to.

Poem identification will be graded and given back to you to continue to learn and study.

Your poem will be graded and then put into your writing folder.

I hope this WebQuest will allow you to learn more about poetry and understand it’s forms and uses. If you have any questions or concerns at any point of the assignment, please ask.