CREATIVE WRITING

Grade 11

Topic: Poetry for the Soul Week No. 3 Date: Sept. 7-Sept. 12, 2020

A short music clip from “Secret Love Song” will be shown and the students will be sharing their emotions expressed by
Introduction:
the song.
Competency/ies: Identify the various elements, techniques and literary devices in specific forms of poetry

1. Distinguish the elements of poetry.

Specific
2. Interpret different poetic genres.
Objectives:
3. Write a three-stanza poem with complete elements.
4. Convey figurative and intellectual messages artistically.
Lesson Inputs: Teacher-made Powerpoint lecture (resource folder)
Learning A. Pair and Share. Understand the poem and answer the questions below.
Activities:
If there be Sorrow by Mari Evans

If there be sorrow
Let it Be
For thinngs undone…
Undreamed
Unrealized
Unattained

To these add one;

Love withheld…
…restrained

1. What things cause sorrow, according to the speaker?

2. Would the speaker feel sorrow at someone’s death? Under what circumstances? Explain.
3. This poem is filled with negative thoughts. Does it leave you with a negative feeling? Explain.
4. On the basis of this short poem. What kind of person do you think the speaker is? Would you want this speaker for
a friend? Why or why not?
5. How do you relate to the theme of the poem? Explain
 B. Oopps, I did it again.
Readers may respond to the same poem in different ways. Some are moved emotionally; others take more intellectual
approach, analysing the literary elements of the poem. You can enrich your responses by writing about reactions on
the poem and by finding out more about the poet.

The poem to be read is The Conversion by Neil Garcia

First response:
1. Describe your first response to the poem below. What images came to mind as you read the poem?
2. What words or features did you like?

Extending the response:

1. Paraphrase the main idea or message of the poem.
2. Add images of your own to illustrate the poem.

Write a three-stanza poem about what “Quaranthings and Quarantfeels”. Make sure that your poem has its complete
Assessment: elements that were discussed.
Criteria will be attached.
Assignment Multiple choice quiz about The Rainy Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem.