Assignment: Final: DNA Poem

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 10-A (H)
2021-11-22T18:24:58Z

Due: Dec 1, 2021 by 11:59pm

DNA Poem Project

Due Finals Day, December 2nd

Directions:

1. (Tuesday) Ilan Stavans says that when he reads Neruda, he “gets to the DNA of Latin America.” Select a poem that gets to your Consider poems that reflect your culture, religion, personal philosophy and worldview. Anything that “speaks to you” is perfect!

Websites to check out (Google them): Daily Poetry, Poetry 180, Poetry Out Loud

**MAKE SURE your poem has enough DEPTH to be analyzed!! If you Google “baseball poems” and get a crappy 10 lines about how great baseball is, it will usually just make the rest of the week harder.**

2. (by Tuesday) Print 2 copies of your poem. Copy the text into a word document to format it in a way that makes it easy to annotate and read and avoids page breaks and whatever other random stuff is on the webpage.

3. (next Monday) Annotate one of the copies for the following. This counts as a Poem Analysis that you will turn in for me, to show that you understand and thought deeply about the poem. Pay attention to detail and annotate as much as you can (Remember! You are not just identifying these things, but describing their effect):

1. Words and Phrases that strike you – things that make you feel an emotion

2. Literary Devices (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, oxymoron, paradox, irony, symbolism, allusion)

3. Imagery

4. Tone – what words and phrases set the atmosphere of the poem?

5. Form (Does it rhyme? Does it have a steady meter? Are the lines long or short? What kinds of stanzas does the poet use?)

6. Theme – what passages establish the poet’s message about life or about human nature?

7. Personal Connections -- how does this poem get to your DNA?

4. (next Tuesday) Create a Visual Annotation for the class. This is your final product, due on the day of the final, which will be displayed for the class and graded by me.

1. Paste your second copy of the poem in the middle of a larger poster or construction paper.

2. Choose at least 5 of the most significant annotations from your Poem Analysis that show what the author did that has an impact on you or makes the poem meaningful to or reflective of your life.

3. On the larger paper surrounding the poem, visually represent your 5+ significant annotations. You can mark the poem like you are neatly annotating it again, but you can also use pictures, symbols, and graphic art to emphasize words, phrases, or larger ideas.

4. Somewhere on the larger paper surrounding the poem, explain how this poem gets to your DNA.

DNA Poem Project

Due Finals Day, December 2nd

Directions:

1. (Tuesday) Ilan Stavans says that when he reads Neruda, he “gets to the DNA of Latin America.” Select a poem that gets to your Consider poems that reflect your culture, religion, personal philosophy and worldview. Anything that “speaks to you” is perfect!

Websites to check out (Google them): Daily Poetry, Poetry 180, Poetry Out Loud

**MAKE SURE your poem has enough DEPTH to be analyzed!! If you Google “baseball poems” and get a crappy 10 lines about how great baseball is, it will usually just make the rest of the week harder.**

2. (by Tuesday) Print 2 copies of your poem. Copy the text into a word document to format it in a way that makes it easy to annotate and read and avoids page breaks and whatever other random stuff is on the webpage.

3. (next Monday) Annotate one of the copies for the following. This counts as a Poem Analysis that you will turn in for me, to show that you understand and thought deeply about the poem. Pay attention to detail and annotate as much as you can (Remember! You are not just identifying these things, but describing their effect):

1. Words and Phrases that strike you – things that make you feel an emotion

2. Literary Devices (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, oxymoron, paradox, irony, symbolism, allusion)

3. Imagery

4. Tone – what words and phrases set the atmosphere of the poem?

5. Form (Does it rhyme? Does it have a steady meter? Are the lines long or short? What kinds of stanzas does the poet use?)

6. Theme – what passages establish the poet’s message about life or about human nature?

7. Personal Connections -- how does this poem get to your DNA?

4. (next Tuesday) Create a Visual Annotation for the class. This is your final product, due on the day of the final, which will be displayed for the class and graded by me.

1. Paste your second copy of the poem in the middle of a larger poster or construction paper.

2. Choose at least 5 of the most significant annotations from your Poem Analysis that show what the author did that has an impact on you or makes the poem meaningful to or reflective of your life.

3. On the larger paper surrounding the poem, visually represent your 5+ significant annotations. You can mark the poem like you are neatly annotating it again, but you can also use pictures, symbols, and graphic art to emphasize words, phrases, or larger ideas.

4. Somewhere on the larger paper surrounding the poem, explain how this poem gets to your DNA.