Poetic Forms(Using the jigsaw method of study)

What are the characteristics of the major poetic forms? (ode, epic, elegy,

sonnet, lyric, and free verse)

Project

• You will be assigned a poetic form to study.• You will work in small groups to research your

poetic forms and to create a presentation.• You will teach your form to the class.• Your presentations are due Friday, Nov. 8.• You will have today and our next class period

to work on them.

Step 1: Research your form

• Today, you will meet in poetic form groups.• Each group will research the form: Your goal is to define the form AND To find an example of the form AND For each example to be DIFFERENTNotes: You need only one or two stanzas of the form In these groups, everyone is studying the SAME

form.

Step 2: Create presentations

• During our next class period, you will meet in your groups by COLOR

Note: in these groups, everyone has studied a DIFFERENT form. You will be the EXPERT in your group about your form.• Each group will create a presentation.• Together the presentations will cover all the

poetic forms.

• Meet in the first groups by FORM to research and find poems.

Note: In these groups, everyone is studying the SAME form.• Meet in the second groups by COLOR to put

presentations together.Note: In these groups, everyone has studied a DIFFERENT form.

Summary