Silent Reading, 20 min

(Into the Wild QUIZ, Chapters 1-4 on Wednesday)

Modern Poetry

• Read the modern poetry intro, pp. 645-647.
• With a group of 4, create a short presentation for your poet on construction paper. Include:

1. One page of background info for your poet(s)
2. One page describing the narrative situation of your poem(s)
3. One page identifying and describing each of these following devices for your poem(s): tone, imagery, symbols, metaphor/simile. Include the line(s) as examples.
4. One page describing why your poet fits into the Modern movement. Discuss their use of free verse, imagism, symbolism, etc. Refer to specific information from the introduction where possible.

• These presentations will be given on Thursday.