DO NOW- Review from yesterday
_______1. Bubbly and bright like a mountain
stream
_______ 2. A bright lantern that welcomed me
home
_______ 3. Your eyes are moonlight to my earth
A.
B.
C.
D.
Simile
Metaphor
Symbol
Personification
_______ 4. The apple pie that means “home”
Use a metaphor to write about the moon.
Use a simile to write about a dog.
Use personification to write about a clock.
AFTER reading poems- with a partner
“Winter” by Nikki Giovanni
Use the diagram below to record the main idea of each poem and two details that support it.
Main Idea
Supporting Details
Winter
Forsythia
Haiku
Tell the meaning of the lines that grow out of the bottom line of “Forsythia”
How would you describe Basho’s attitude toward nature in the three haiku?
Identify a question that helps you draw the conclusion that Forsythia grows in a tangled, wild way.
Poem
Musical
Language
Characteristics of Poem
Single Image or Thoughts of
Lines shaped
idea
one speaker
like subject
Three lines; 17
syllables
Winter
Forsythia
Haiku
Conclusion
LyricConcreteHaiku1. If you were to rewrite one of Basho’s haiku as a concrete poem, what shape would you use to
express it? Why?
2. If you were to rewrite “Winter” as a haiku, what seven syllable line might you write that
contained the phrase “Bears store fat”?
3. If you were to rewrite “Forsythia” as a lyric poem, on what single idea would you focus? Why?
4. If you were to rewrite “Forsythia” as a haiku, what would one of your lines be?
5. If you were to rewrite one of Basho’s haiku as a lyric poem, how would you change it? Why?