How to Eat a Poem

Grammar - Do you know your complex sentence rules? Hint! hint!

 Poetry Protocol

STEP 1 Read silently • The mood or emotion you feel

STEP 2 Read out loud The tone or emotion of the poem as a whole

STEP 3 Read 1st part again… • Images that seem particularly important

STEP 4  Read 2nd part… Images that are important (what changed?)

STEP 5 What stands out? Poetic devices? Repeating lines, phrases, or words that are worth thinking more about Confusing ideas Quotable sections

H/W - Just reading: Tomorrow - you will finish your poem video in class.