Poetry Anthology Assignment
Poetry Anthology Assignment
Harlem and Beyond…
One of the major assessments for this unit, “Living the American Dream?”, will be a Poetry Anthology. What’s an anthology? A collected group of poems that will center around a common theme…
The Assignment:
You will create a Poetry Anthology book that presents a variety of poems studied in class, poems you have written, and poems from modern day.
It Must Include:
• 20 Poems (8 from class, 5 written yourself, and 7 miscellaneous choices)
• Each poem must include 5 annotations at the bottom of the page
o Number 1 must always be a THEME STATEMENT (e.g. “It is hard to be alone in the world with no one to talk to)
o The other four should be literary terms (e.g. metaphor, alliteration, rhyme scheme, free verse, simile, etc.)
• The piece must be professional and include a picture/visual item with each poem
Due Date:_______________________
Example:
Poem 1
“Heartache”
by: K. Sophiea
When rain
falls and thunder
storms, the crashing is not
heard, because of the cracking of
my heart
1. Theme: When one has a broken heart, nothing else seems to matter or can be heard
2. Assonance: ‘a’ sound = crashing, cracking
3. Consonance: ‘n’ sound = when, rain, thunder
4. Free Verse: No definite rhyme or rhythm
5. Imagery: Uses words such as falls, storms, crashing
Poetry Anthology Rubric
• 20 poems /20
(1 point each)
• 20 illustrations/visuals /10
(1/2 point each)
• Poem type (8 class, 5 self, 7 misc.) /10
(1/2 point each)
• Poetry Literary Devices /40
(e.g. Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme
hyperbole, metaphor, simile, personification,
oxymoron, symbolism, repetition, assonance,
consonance, etc.)
(1/2 point each, 2 points per poem)
• Theme Statements /20
(1 point each)
• Professionalism/Presentation /10
(1/2 point each)
TOTAL: /110
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|5.) Theme: |10.) Theme: |15.) Theme: |20.) Theme: |
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