Cover_All-in-one_Poetry89_Print.indd 1 2014/06/11 2:11 PM Cover_All_In_One_SPLIT_Final.indd 4 2014/06/11 2:25 PM SECTION SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SECTION SECTION TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE FOREWORD SECTION SECTION SAMPLE About The English Experience . 6 Our approachSAMPLE . 6 SECTION Using this resource . .SECTION . 7 SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE INTRODUCTION TO POETRY: MAKING ART WITH WORDS SECTION Reading and understanding poetry . .SECTION . 9 SAMPLE SECTION Found poetry exercise . .SAMPLE . 17 SAMPLE Poetry revision quiz . 19 SECTION SECTION GlossarySECTION of poetic terms . 22 SAMPLE SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SECTION 1: SECTION SECTION POETIC DEVICES:SECTION LINKING LANGUAGE, STRUCTURESAMPLE AND MEANING SAMPLE SAMPLE 1.1 Tone, Imagery and DictionSECTION SECTION Colouring with tone . 24 SAMPLE Exploring imagery . .SAMPLE . 27 SECTION SECTIONDallying with diction . 29 Exercise 1: Skills Task . .SECTION . SAMPLE 34 SAMPLE Exercise 2: Poetry TSAMPLEask . 37 Exercise 3: Creative Task . .SECTION . 40 SECTION SECTION SAMPLE 1.2 Rhythm and Rhyme SAMPLE SAMPLE Rhythm: Pulse of poetrySECTION . 43 Rhyme: Catchy matches . SECTION. 46 SAMPLE Meaning behind the music . .SAMPLE . 48 Exercise 1: Skills Task . SECTION49 Exercise 2: Poetry Task SECTION . .SAMPLE . 51 Exercise 3: Creative Task . 54 SECTION SAMPLE SECTION SAMPLE 1.3 Structure SAMPLE Enjambment: Going with the flow . .SECTION . 56 Making a point with punctuation . 58 SAMPLE Exercise 1: Skills Task . SECTION60 Exercise 2: Poetry Task . 63 SECTION SAMPLE Exercise 3: Creative Task . 66 SAMPLE SECTION © THE ENGLISH SAMPLEEXPERIENCE 2014 3 PENMAN DESIGN cc English Experience: Poetry Resource Gr 7-8 083 254 1373 1401_Engl_Exp_Poetry_intro FINAL 3 July 2014 EXPERIENCE POETRY SECTION SECTION 1.4 Sound Devices SAMPLE SAMPLE AlluringSECTION alliteration . 68 SECTION SECTION SAMPLEContemplating consonance and assessing assonance . SAMPLE70 Out of the ordinary with onomatopoeiaSAMPLE . 72 Exercise 1: Skills Task . SECTION 72 Exercise 2:SECTION Poetry Task . .SAMPLE . 73 Exercise 3: Creative Task . 76 SAMPLE SECTION 1.5 Comparative Devices SECTION SECTION SAMPLE Scintillating simplicity of similes . .SAMPLE . 79 SAMPLE Making it memorable with metaphors . 80 SECTION Personification with purpose . SECTION. 81 SAMPLE SECTION Exercise 1: Skills TaskSAMPLE . 82 Exercise 2: Poetry Task . SAMPLE. 84 SECTION Exercise 3: Creative Task . 86SECTION SECTION SAMPLE SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE 1.6 Humour SAMPLE Satire, parody and caricature: Making a mockery . .SECTION . 88 SECTION PokingSECTION pun . SAMPLE. 92 SAMPLE Exercise 1: Skills Task . 94 SAMPLE Exercise 2: Poetry Task . SECTION. 95 SECTION Exercise 3: CreativeSAMPLE Task . 98 SAMPLE SECTION SECTION SECTION 2: SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE POETIC FORMS: LEARNINGSAMPLE THE RULES, AND THEN BREAKING THEM SECTION SECTION 2.1SECTION The Sonnet SAMPLE SAMPLE Colluding with the classics . 99 SAMPLE Petrarchan sonnets:SECTION The Italian connection . 99 Shakespearean sonnets: Enter the Bard . .SECTION . 102 SAMPLE The Bop: A modern twist on a traditional formSAMPLE . 105 Exercises: The Sonnet . SECTION108 SECTION SAMPLE SECTION 2.2 The BalladSAMPLE SECTION SAMPLE It’s all about the drama . 115 Exercises: The Ballad . SAMPLE . 120 SECTION 2.3 The Lyric SAMPLE SECTION Emoting through melody . 126 SECTION SAMPLE Exercises: The Lyric . 131 SAMPLE SECTION 4 PHOTOCOPYING OF THIS RESOURCE IS IN CONTRAVENTIONSAMPLE OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT (NO.98 1978) PENMAN DESIGN cc English Experience: Poetry Resource Gr 7-8 083 254 1373 1401_Engl_Exp_Poetry_intro FINAL 3 July 2014 Poems and Learning Materials SECTION SECTION 2.4 The Ode SAMPLE SAMPLE Singing yourSECTION praises . 136 SECTION SECTION SAMPLEExercises: The Ode . SAMPLE142 SAMPLE SECTION 2.5 The Villanelle SECTION SAMPLE Beauty in structure . 149 Exercises:SAMPLE The Villanelle . 154 SECTION SECTION SECTION SAMPLE 2.6 Free Verse SAMPLE SAMPLE Freedom of expression . 159 SECTION Exercises: Free Verse . SECTION. 163 SAMPLE SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SECTION SECTION 3: SECTION SECTION SAMPLE Unseen Poetry SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE Going with your Gut: Tips and guidelines . SECTION. 168 SECTION “The OlympicSECTION Runner” . .SAMPLE . 171 “An Abandoned Bundle” . SAMPLE174 SAMPLE “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep SECTIONa Gun in the House” . 177 “Roar” . SECTION 180 SAMPLE SAMPLE SECTION SECTION SECTION 4: SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE Exercises and EnrichmentSAMPLE Tasks SECTION Flaunting your skills . 183SECTION SECTION SAMPLE “To His Young Mistress” . SAMPLE184 SAMPLE“How Do I Love Thee?” . 188 SECTION “Anthem for Doomed Youth” . SECTION. 192 SAMPLE “Not Waving But Drowning” . .SAMPLE . 195 “Pig Song” . SECTION198 “Cheetah” . .SECTION . SAMPLE. 202 “My Name” . 206 SECTION SAMPLE SECTION SAMPLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . SAMPLE. 210 SECTION SAMPLE SECTION SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SECTION © THE ENGLISH SAMPLEEXPERIENCE 2014 5 PENMAN DESIGN cc English Experience: Poetry Resource Gr 7-8 083 254 1373 1401_Engl_Exp_Poetry_intro FINAL 3 July 2014 EXPERIENCE POETRY SECTION SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SECTION SECTION SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SECTION SECTION SAMPLE Foreword SAMPLE SECTION SECTION SECTION SAMPLE About TheSAMPLE English Experience SAMPLE SECTION The English Experience is an independent South African publishing house that specialises in SECTION SAMPLE developing high-quality English andSECTION Life Orientation educational resources for IEB educators and SAMPLE students. The team of passionate, talented experts behind The English Experience works tirelessly SAMPLE to ensure that every resource encourages insight, growth and debate — enriching and challenging SECTION SECTION SECTION both educators and students — without losing sight of the important goal of examination readi- SAMPLE nessSECTION and success. SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLEFocused on bringing the subject to life, every resource The English Experience publishes incorpo- SECTION rates a range of features — including content and contextual questions and stimulating enrichment SECTION SECTION materials — designedSAMPLE to encourage a critical appreciation of the subject and to inspire the higher SAMPLE order thinking for which examiners are always looking. SAMPLE SECTION The world-class English Experience teamSECTION includes highly experienced educators, some with over SAMPLE 20 years of classroom experience, passionate literary experts in various fields, such as historical fiction, poetry and Shakespeare,SAMPLE fanatical historians and researchers, creative writers, skilled SECTION SECTION editors, pernickety proofreaders and obsessive fact checkers — together with spirited university lecturersSECTION and enthusiastic young minds who help SAMPLEto ensure that our approach remains unique SAMPLE SAMPLEand fresh. SECTION While examination readiness and success is a non-negotiable, our aspirationSECTION is to inspire a SECTION genuine interest in, andSAMPLE love of, English literature. SAMPLE SAMPLE SECTION SECTION SAMPLEOur approach SAMPLE Perhaps the toughest challenge in teaching poetry to modern learnersSECTION is convincing them that the effort SECTIONoften required to grasp the meaning of a poemSAMPLE is worth it. Decoding the language and deciphering the message of a poem can be particularly taxing for students in Grades 8 andSECTION 9 so SAMPLEit’s perhaps not surprising that many of them see poems as works through which they have to slog in order to earn marks or pass a test.SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE This resource has been written with this reality in mind and particular attention has been paid to SECTION providing the kind of context and insight necessary to help students engage fully with each poem and to discover for themselves why it has captivatedSAMPLE others. SECTION We believe that studying poetry rewards us with a richer, deeper understanding of ourselves and of the world around us. SECTIONThat is why this resource does more than provideSAMPLE students with a thorough introductionSAMPLE to poetic techniques, devices and forms. It focuses on helping students develop the key skills they need to understand and analyseSECTION poetry effectively. PHOTOCOPYING OF THIS RESOURCE IS IN CONTRAVENTIONSAMPLE OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT (NO.98 1978) 6 PENMAN DESIGN cc 083 254 1373 1401_Engl_Exp_Poetry_intro English Experience: Poetry Resource Gr 7-8 FINAL 3 July 2014 Poems and Learning Materials SECTION SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SECTION SECTION SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE Throughout this resource,SECTION students are exposed to a unique blend of fresh, contemporary poems SECTION and recognisedSAMPLE classics — imaginative and illustrative verse that will entertain and inspire, as well as instruct them. SAMPLE SECTIONStudents are also encouraged to engage with a diverse selection of poems through sets of contex- tual questions at the end of SECTIONeach section. By formulating and expressing their own responses to SECTION SAMPLE these verses, studentsSAMPLE will be motivated to reflect and grow as individuals, as well as learners. SAMPLE SECTION In the end, we have approached the specific needs of students in Grades 8 and 9 with two, SECTIONinterrelated goals in mind. Our first objective is to ensure that students are thoroughly prepared to SAMPLE SECTION SAMPLE tackle the increasing demands of the English syllabus throughout the rest of their school careers. Our second ambition is toSAMPLE inspire a genuine interest in, and appreciation of, the transformative SECTION power of poetry and the intrinsic value of the works being studied.SECTION SECTION SAMPLE SECTION SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE