Exploration of self - poetry unit booklet stage 4

Exploring My Brand English Unit Stage 4 ©2014 by Lisa Logan pg1

Name of Brand “Me”:____________________________________________

Class:________________________________________________________________

Year/School:_________________________________________________________




What type of person (in one or two words)

would a “Bumper Sticker” describe you as?

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Figurative Language : Similes, Metaphors and Personification






Write an Acrostic Poem about

yourself;

Use this space for planning:

Words to describe you;

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Look at these info-graphics and watch the video clips played by the teacher then answer the questions below:

A) Do you think body image is a big issue for teenagers? Why? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ B) How can the media affect our perceptions of body image? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ C) Consider how the media distorts and manufactures body images; Is the media to blame? Why? Why not? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ D) How can we “Detox” or “Take a Break” from the constant flow of body images within media? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ E) Has this lesson changed the way you think about body image? Why? Why not?

Exploring My Brand English Unit Stage 4 ©2014 by Lisa Logan pg12 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________

How do you feel about your body image? (Write your answers inside the head)


CONCRETE or SHAPE Poems

Write a Concrete or Shape poem about your Body Image in the space below.



Tick what Thoughts and Emotions you are feeling . . .

Discuss in Pairs

Write down your answers to

the questions below

A) In society today do people generally express or discuss their feelings openly or do they hide them? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________ B) What are the benefits of hiding feelings? ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ________________________________________

C) What is the danger of repressing feelings? _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________

D) What are the benefits of expressing feelings? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

Exploring My Brand English Unit Stage 4 ©2014 by Lisa Logan pg16 Using Blake’s poem as a model, choose a negative feeling you have had and write a poem describing the feeling as the “Growth of a Poison Tree”. . . Just as William Blake has . . . ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

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Sometimes it can help to work through our feelings and put them in a poem as William Blake has done to reflect why we

feel the way we do...

Counting Out Syllables 1. Count out the Syllables in the words below. 2. Try saying them aloud to help you work out the syllables.

Now we know about syllables we can start some Haiku Poetry. .

Write a Wonderful thought ^


A form of Japanese poetry, usually connected with the seasons, with the traditional form being three short lines of syllables of 5-7-5 There are other forms of Haiku, with different syllable lengths, but the traditional form is the original Haiku.

Example of a traditional Haiku:

The low hanging sun (5) looks over the autumn land (7) Shimmering brightly (5)

Notice in this short imagery of the sun in autumn, there is personification ‘looks over the autumn land’. This is because the sun is given a human quality. The words in the last line are carefully chosen words: shimmering (a strong verb) and an adverb: brightly

Now you try making your own haiku Write a Haiku for a strong emotion you have felt, concentrating and thinking carefully of word choices.

Some examples are in the columns to the right>

What is a Strong emotion you have felt before? ___________________

What are some words to describe

this emotion?

Write Your Haiku from your descriptive words


Write a List of places you wish to visit...

Say why you want to visit...

Where do I want to visit in my life? _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

MY BUCKET LIST

Use the Pictures provided by the teacher to collage where you want to go and why? (<As per example on left)


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Plan Your Ballad Out

Work in Groups of 3 or 4 to brainstorm, plan and write your own ballad...

The people in my group were; _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

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One weakness I’d like to make a strength is?

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1)Get into pairs. 2)Give your booklet to the person you are working with. 3) Write in each others booklet positive (only nice) things about the person you are working with.

Write the name of the person who you worked with and

filled out the self esteem tree...

Things That I Love. . .

Use this example to fill out the blank heart below with the things you love...

Fill this out...

Reasons I am

Special

Because I Can. . .

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Because I Like. . .

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Write your own ... ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________

Write a letter to your future self . . .

Planning?

A) Tell of your life today – write a “textual snapshot”... B) Say what’s important to you... C) Tell of your; friends, favourite things, hobbies. . . D) Imagine how you thought you would be when you are an older adult – Ask how it turned out for you?

Dear Future Self, ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Yours sincerely From ______________________ Aged _______


Writing Activity: Write your answer. . . ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________

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Gratitude

Write down three things for which you are grateful every day. Don’t worry if they seem simple or mundane—just get something down on paper. Writing gratitudes will help you identify positive aspects of even the worst days.

1.__________________________________________________ 2.__________________________________________________ 3.__________________________________________________

What would your “Coping Toolbox” look like?


Give to a person you worked with to Critique (provide feedback) on your work with them...

I Tried these coping skills before . . .

Provide Your Answers. . .

Other “Coping Skills” I could use are;

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How do you feel when you lose control? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Discuss with class solutions to “losing control” and write some of the answers given here:___________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

Fill the clouds with acts of kindness you have done over this unit...They can be small things... How did performing acts of kindness for others make you feel?______________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________


Evaluating my “GROUP EFFORTS”

(For all work I completed with someone else)

The names of the people I worked with were; _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

Write what you liked or did not like about this unit of work? _________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________


How could poetry help you? _______________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

What would have made it better? ___________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

After the conclusion discussion with the class my further Reflections were:

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Assessment Notification: You will be given a mark out of 25 for your completion of a submitted booklet. Be sure to answer and decorate your booklet to your best ability. This Assessment must be submitted by _______________________________________________

Poetry Booklet Assessment Marks

Feedback: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

Punctuation & Gramma Mark /5

Presentation Mark /5

Poetry & Activities Mark /5

Completion Of Booklet Mark /5

Reflections Mark /5 Total Mark

25

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