Please do not Write on this paper!!!!!!
1. Use the Green Poetry Terms notes that you took last week to help you with the following tasks.
2. Go to the web sites below and read the poems listed. You will also need to look into each Author’s background/info to find interesting facts
about them:
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Use the graphic organizer given to you to record your information.
You will need to read at least 4 of the poems (of your choice from below) and list at least 3 of the poetry terms that apply to the
poem along with an explanation of why that term fits with the poem.
Also jot down interesting information about each poet. Directions on where to get the author’s facts are also included below.
a. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177021
Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
Read the poet information at this site by clicking on "more."
b.
http://www.famouspeoplebiographyguide.com/famous-poets/shel-silverstein/Alliteration-Poems-By-Shel-Silverstein.html
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Read about Shel Silverstein by exploring the links before the poem.
c.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/as-soon-as-fred-gets-out-of-bed/
As Soon as Fred Gets Out of Bed by Jack Prelutsky
Read about Jack Prelutsky by clicking on biography under his name
d.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=176315
Catch a Little Rhyme by Eve Merriam
Read about Eve Merriam by clicking "more" under her picture.
e.
http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1891/poems/19
I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman
Read about Walt Whitman on this web site:
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/126
f.
http://potw.org/archive/potw85.html
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
Read about Alfred Noyes by visiting the web site:
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/674
g.
http://www.jackmagazine.com/issue8/poetrymengle.html
Flying Pigeons by Margarita Engle
Read about Margarita Engle by visiting the web site:
http://us.macmillan.com/author/margaritaengle
h.
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15717
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (Listen to this one by clicking "play.")
Read about Robert Frost by clicking "more" under his picture.
i.
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15682
Making a Fist by Naomi Shihab Nye (Listen to this one by clicking "play.")
Negotiations with a Volcano by Naomi Shihab Nye
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21281
Read about Naomi Shihab Nye by clicking on "more" next to her picture.