Romantics' Poetry Class Presentations

Each person will sign on to one of the poems on the list and present

according to the rubric.

There will be NO duplications, so check with me on your choice if you've been absent.

You should be on Chapter 3 of "Lord of the Flies" by Friday, March 25. 4&5 over the weekend.

The Final Exam on the book will be Monday, April 4. Final exam on the poetry will be in the 4th Quarter, and you will also be presenting songs as poetry during May.

Rubric for poem presentation to class one one of the ROMANTICS’ Poems (BIG IDEAS are: nature, beauty, truth, romance, death, and the ENCROACHMENT of the industrial revolution on serenity.)

-Read it aloud first so it makes sense (I can help)

-Paraphrase it line by line

-Explain vocabulary that is difficult

-Show literary devices and rhyme schemes used

-Say why you chose it, and what connections you can make, examples in life

-Mention a few things you learned about the author

- Rime of the Ancient Mariner (lead reading -) p. 763

p. 740 “The World is Too Much With Us” Wordsworth_________________________________

p.741 It is a Beauteous Evening

p. 741 My Heart Leaps Up

p. 742 Westeminster Bridge

p. 744 Tintern Abbey

p. 759 Kubla Kahn (Coleridge)

p. 802 “She Walks in Beauty” Byron

p. 803 Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Byron

p. 813 Ode to the West Wind, Shelley

p. 826 La Belle Dame sans Merci, Keats

p. 828 When I Have Fears, Keats

p. 831 Ode on a Grecian Urn, Keats

p. 718 The Tyger, p. 722 The Chimney Sweeper, p. 715 A Poison Tree, p. 716 “The Lamb”, all BLAKE

Pride and Prejudice, chapters 1-3, p. 728-734

Time Magazine, p. 706

Summarize and explain what happens: characters (who is speaking? To Whom?), plot (what’s happening, what’s thought about?), setting (where are we?), theme (ideas? MOTIFS, etc.), tone (author’s attitude), interpretation/evaluation, point of view, special figurative language , rhyme scheme, mood, any special structure? (Sonnet, haiku, narrative, etc.)