Night Moves

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Night Moves

• Unit 2

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Genre

• Poetry

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Poetry

• A type of literature that is written in meter

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We are all poets. . . .

• Poets can write their poems in different forms or
  shapes.
• Some use rhyme and rhythm.
• Most used imagery.

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Sensory imagery

• Words that appeal to the five senses are also
  important poetry

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River Moon

• By Pat Mora
• Notice the FORM
• Look at the stanzas

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Different Forms

• Diamond Poetry--When centered this poem will take
  the form of a diamond
• Butterfly soaring, gliding passionate,
  focused, lilting bright, colorful butterfly

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Vocabulary

• In Spanish,
• Rio- means river
• Luna means moon

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Rhyming

• Butterfly flitting by
• Your delicate wings were
• Made to fly
• Couplets are poems with two rhyming lines

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Rhyming

• If I could follow the butterflies
• I'd feel the wind that fills the skies
• Both day and night and feel its sighs

Triplets have three rhyming lines
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Windy Nights

• Rhyme- words that end in the same sound
• Rhythm- like a beat

rhythm
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Vocabulary

• Raving
• Roaring or raging

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Now you try it. . . .

• I know that you are all great poets!
• Write a cinquain poem.
• Let me give you an example.

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Cinquain poetry includes five lines

• Butterflies (names object)
• delicate, agile (two adjectives or describing
  words)
• fluttering, flying, lighting (three -ing verbs,
  or action words)
• make me feel wistful (describe how you feel)
• Lepidoptera (rename object)

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Winter Dark

• By Lillian Moore
• The poem compares the to other things in
  the dark.

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Metaphor

• Make a comparison by saying that the subject is
  something else
• Ex. My best friend, Todd, is my security blanket.
  
• He was a lion in battle
• Drowning in debt
• A sea of troubles

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punctuates
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interrupts
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The Falling Star
By Sara Teasdale
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• Have you ever wished on a star?

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Sensory imagery

• Words that appeal to the five senses are also
  important poetry

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Genius

• By Nikki Grimes
• Something is going
• on the middle of the night.
• What could be happening?

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Sleeping. . . . .

• Did anyone ever wake you up in the middle of the
  night?
• What did that person want?
• What did you do?

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urgently
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demanding attention
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forge
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move forward with speed
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Questioning. . . .While you are reading. . . .

• What happens when the light switch is on?

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Questions

• Who are the characters?
• What is the setting of the poem?
• What event is happening in the poem?

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Interrogative Sentences

• What happens in lines 1-4?
• How does the speakers sister know that no thief
  is in the house?
• Why does the speaker wake up his or her sister?
• What does Sis think of the poem? How do you
  know?

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DREAMS

• By Langston Hughes

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What is your favorite dream?

• It can be a dream that you had while you were
  awake.
• Describe the dream to a partner.
• In this poem, a metaphor is used to compare two
  things. Let see what they are.

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Metaphor

• Make a comparison by saying that the subject is
  something else
• Ex. My best friend, Todd, is my security blanket.
  
• He was a lion in battle
• Drowning in debt
• A sea of troubles

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fast
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tight
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barren
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• Empty or not growing

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THEME

• The theme is a message that the poet wants you to
  understand about life.

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Questioning

• What does line 3 and 4 compare?
• In lines 7 and 8 what does the poem compare life
  to?
• What will happen if we do no dreams?
• Do you agree or disagree with the message.

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TEST

• Looking back at River Moon. What do the words
  sliding and gliding suggest?
• A. a kind of movement
• B. a time of day
• C. the darkness of the sky

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Question 2

• In Windy Nights, which letter starts many
  words?
• A. r
• B. w
• C. c

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Question 3

• What is making the doors rattle in Windy Nights
• A. a stranger knocking at the door
• B. the wind blowing against the door
• C. a family member locked out

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Question 4

• Read Winter Dark again. What is the moon
  compared with?
• A. a comma
• B. a question mark
• C. an exclamation mark

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Question 5

• Look back at The Falling Star. Which sense does
  the word burning appeal to?
• A. sight
• B. hearing
• C. touch

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Question 6

• Which of the following pictures would best
  illustrate The Falling Star?
• A. a flock of birds in the sky at noon
• B. a night sky filled with stars
• C. a small village next to a bright blue ocean

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Question 7

• In Genius, which lines end in words that rhyme?
• A. lines 1 and 2
• B. lines 2 and 3
• C. lines 2 and 4

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Question 8

• When does the story start in Genius?
• A. IN THE MORNING
• B. AFTER SCHOOL
• C. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

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Question 9

• Look back at Dreams. According to the poet,
  what makes life worth living?
• A. flying like a bird
• B. having dreams
• C. having snow