Activity 1
Click this link to review a brief introduction to poetry.
Authored by: Tom Chester. Provided by: Ivy Tech Community College. License: CC BY: Attribution
Activity 2
Click this link for , “How to Read a Poem” on the American Academy of Poets website,
Activity 3
Please watch this short video, which explains the difference between English and Italian sonnets.
Activity 4
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Click this link for an interactive reading of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day.”
Activity 5
Click this link to access Sonnet Number 130, “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun” by William Shakespeare.
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https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/my-mistress-eyes-are-nothing-sun-sonnet-130
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Activity 6
Click here for a short lecture on Sonnet 130, “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun.”
Click this link to access the Italian sonnet, “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning on the Commonlit website.
Activity 8
Click this link to access a reading of the Italian sonnet, “What My Lips Have Kissed and Where and Why” by Edna Saint Vincent Millay.
Activity 9
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Click this link to access “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” on the Poets.org website. Click the audio icon for a dramatic recitation of the poem by the author himself.
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” is characterized as a lyric poem .
Click this link to read more about William Butler Yeats on the BMCC database Biography in Context.
OER source: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/lake-isle-innisfree
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Activity 10
Click this link to access the poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning.
on on the Commonlit website. This is written as a monologue and is an example of a dramatic poem.
Or click this link.
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Activity 11
Click this link for my video lecture on “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning.
Click her for the video transcript here.
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Activity 12
Click this link to access the poem “White Lies” by Natasha Tretheway. This is an example of a narrative poem.
Activity 14
Please read “We Real Cool” and “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks.
Activity 16
Quiz 4
This is a 10-question multiple-choice quiz, which tests your knowledge about poetry. Students have 90 minutes to complete the quiz, which must be done in one sitting. Quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m., Monday, August 5 through 11:59 p.m., Sunday, August 10. Once the quiz has closed, it will become unavailable and unviewable. Quizzes will not be reopened.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the module “Review Quizzes” and select “Quiz 4.”
Activity 8
Essay 4
Due: Sunday, August 10
This is a poetry flyer/presentation rather than a traditional essay. Samples can be viewed in Student Work Gallery on main menu of this OpenLab site.
Click here for Essay 4 Directions
The Poetry Foundation
The American Academy of Poets
Link to Biography Reference Center
Link to Biography Reference Bank
Click here for How to Find Copyright-Free Images.
In case you want to use Canva to create your flyer, here is the link.
Click here for information about copyright licenses and the Creative Commons.
Click on Student Work Gallery to see samples of Poetry Flyers.
TO SUBMIT: Visit the Brightspace homepage and click on the “Essays” module. Then click on Essay 4.
