Poetry – How do poets create imagery using figurative language

• Warm-Up: Page 111 - The Interactive Reader • Read and respond to the margin prompts –

The Interactive Reader page 113 “the earth is a living thing”, page 114 “Sleeping in the Forest” and page 115 “Gold”.

• Answer the comprehension questions on page 116.

Quiz – What do I need to study?

• Know figurative language, poetic sound devices, poetic forms, rhyme scheme

• Study: The Interactive Reader, your notes, your vocabulary graphic organizer

Your Turn – Create a poem- traditional or free verse to describe this scene. Be creative. Typed or Pen.

Due Thursday 4/17/14.

Your response must include:• A Title • Personification• Simile• Metaphor• One sound deviceThink: What is about to happen? If I were there (Navarre Beach – June 2013), what would I see, hear, feel, smell, taste?