explains the concept of juxtaposing elements in poetry

1. Juxtaposition in Poetry
Tuesday January 15

2. What is juxtaposition?
On the next few slides are a few examples of
juxtaposition in photography
As we look, think about what juxtaposition could be.

7. After seeing the photographs, discuss with your
group:
What do you think juxtaposition is?
We will share in 2 minutes.

8. Juxtaposition is…
placing close together or side by side,
especially for comparison or contrast.

9. READ the following poems as a group
“The Seed-Merchant’s Son by Agnes Grozier Herbertson
and
“Flowers” by Dennis Roy Craig
For each poem, decide
a) what is being juxtaposed?
b) where in the poem is there a “shift” in ideas?
c) What effect does the juxtaposition have on the poem?

10. WATCH! First world problems read by third
world kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxyhfiCO_XQ
THINK! While you watch and for tomorrow,
think about what is being juxtaposed in this
video

11. WELCOME BACK 91!
Today is Wednesday January 16

12. From yesterday…
What was being juxtaposed in the video “First
world problems anthem”?

13. Here is an example of the same things being
juxtaposed…in the opposite way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq4oj6Kkkak
Discuss in your groups what effect these juxtapositions
have.
Is it the same effect that the poetry had (that we did
yesterday)?

14. WE ARE GOING TO
WRITE POETRY!!!

15. Each group will be divided in half.
Half of the group will write FIRST WORLD PROBLEM
couplets, and the other half will write THIRD WORLD
PROBLEM COUPLETS
We will put them all together at the end to make a poem!
(Couplet: a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair
that rhyme and are of the same length)
An example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2p5svFJ9cQ

16. Your tasks:
1. Write a rhyming couplet of either two first
world problems OR two third world problems.
Write them on your colored sheets of paper
Miss. U’s example:
I got a stomach ache from all the free samples at the store
Then I texted so fast that my fingers got sore
2. As a group, decide how you are going to
juxtapose these couplets. (How do you want to
join them together?)
3. Tape your poem together.
4. Work together to give your poem a title. Write
the title on another colored sheet of paper and
tape it to the top of your poem.

17. Time to Share!
Please choose one group
representative to read your entire
poem to the class.