Poetry Scavenger Hunt

Poetry Scavenger Hunt

Welcome:

This activity was designed to finish out our poetry unit.  In this online scavenger hunt, you will be searching for specific facts about poems and poets as well as suing some of your won knowledge to answer questions.  For this assignment, you will be using some things that you have already learned and combining that with knowledge with new concepts. 

Introduction:

As we have studied previously, you can find examples of poetry in many different kinds of writing.  Poetry can be found in stories, song lyrics, and even news articles.  For this activity, you are going to be a detective who will decipher some clues about famous poets and their poetry.  As you work through this task, you will look up the information needed to solve the case.  To finish your task, you will need to know the name of an excellent poet, titles to some of his/her poems, and what figurative language techniques are found in those poems. 

Step 1:

Using your own knowledge or the web site provided to write down the definition for the following terms:

http://www.poetry-online.org/poetry-terms.htm

Simile              

Metaphor          

Rhyme             

Personification              

Onomatopoeia  

Hyperbole        

Alliteration        

Ballad              

Rhyme                         

Haiku

Free verse        

Imagery

Step 2:

Visit the following websites, and read the poems listed below.  As you read the poems use the graphic organizer to list all the above poetry terms that apply to each poem along with an explanation of why that term fits with the poem.  Also, jot down two or three interesting pieces of information about each poet.

a. http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mother-to-son/

Mother to son by Langston Hughes

Read the poet information at this site: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/langston-hughes

 b. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/shel_silverstein/poems/14836

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Read about Shel Silverstein by exploring the links next to 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.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/weather-2/

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://www.nikkigrimes.com/blog/under-the-tree/

Under the Tree by Nikki Grimes

Read about Nikki Grimes by clicking “about Nikki” then biography

g. http://potw.org/archive/potw85.html

The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes

Read about Alfred Noyes by visiting the web site: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/alfred-noye

Step 3:

Select one of the poets above to do further research.  Use the Internet to search for information and poems for the poet you select. Find at least four poems by your poet.

Using a presentation tool of your choice (PowerPoint, GoogleDocs, Prezi, etc.) create a presentation for the poet that you selected and include:

Biopgrphical information about your poet, including a photo and birth/death dates

• Some poems by your poet
• Your own exp;anation of what you think one of the poems means
• Write tow of your own orgianal poems to include in your presentation.  These poems can be in the form of any TWO of the following:

                                                                             Sonnett             Shape Poem

                                                                             Limerick            Sestina

                                                                             Haiku                Cinquain

Conclusion

Once you have completed your presentation, make sure that you send a copy to my email.  We will be reviewing you presentations in class.