MS Poetry: Resources

Poetry Hyperdoc created by:  Kevin Feramisco

Background Images:  Unsplash

HyperDocs created by: Lisa, Kelly, and Sarah

Ask These Questions: 

• Is the poem interesting
• Is it melodic?
• Does the poem say something?
• Does the poem make you feel something?
• Is it specific? (Show. Don’t tell.)
• Does the poem have power or beauty? (It should have one of these.)

Use these Discussion Stems To Agree:

• I agree with what you said because…
• I feel the same and I might add…
• Do we all agree?
• Does anyone have anyone add to this?

To disagree:

• I might disagree because….
• Let me explain why I see it differently….
• I think the author might be trying to say….

Connect to the poem:

• I enjoyed this poem because….
• This poem makes me think of/reminds me of…
• I relate to the ideas in the poem because.....
• I felt similar to the narrator when…
• This poem is similar to another text...

Express understanding:

• The real meaning of the poem may be…
• Figurative language is __ and it represents __
• When the character does __ It really means __
• The specific words that the author uses to convey __ are __
• The tone that comes through the poem is..
   

From the hyperdoc of  Lisa Guardino