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Expressive Poetry

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Expressive Poetry Graphic Organizer

You are now a literary agent representing a poet who is trying to get published! Your job is to
read and analyze your client’s work, decide which magazine you should submit their poetry to
for publication, and convince the magazine editor that your client is the best fit for their
magazine. There are 4 steps to this assignment:

Step 1: Choose your client! 5 poets have submitted their work to you in hopes you will
represent them as their agent. Select your poem and poet!

 “Yellow Moon” by Angela Manalang-Gloria


 “Harvest Time” by Emily Pauline Johnson
 “October” by Evalyn Callahan Shaw
 “The Fruits of Death” by Ameen Rihani
 “Haunted Seas” by Cale Young Rice

Step 2: Read through your chosen poem carefully and complete the Poem Analysis Chart to
record your response to their work. Be sure to record your responses using complete
sentences, citing specific examples from the poem.

Step 3: Based on your notes in the Poem Analysis Chart, decide which magazine would be the
best fit for your client’s poem:

Spooky Seasons Magazine: a magazine for all things creepy, crawly, and spooktacular!

Harvest Happenings Magazine: a publication for those who love autumn and all things home,
hearth, and harvest.

Step 4: Pitch your client! Use the Pitch Paragraph section below to write one paragraph for the
magazine’s editor to review.

Poem Analysis Chart – be sure to use complete sentences in all responses!

Selected Poem Title: Your Response


Initial Response:
 What does this poem seem to be about?
Diction:
 What connotative words are used in the
poem?

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 What words or phrases stand out to you?
Imagery:
 What images does the poem create?
 What in the poem can you see, hear, smell,
taste, or touch?
Figurative Language:
 What types of figurative language are used in
the poem?
 How do these devices help create imagery or
communicate the author's feelings?
Tone & Mood:
 What words help you decide the tone of the
poem?
 What words help you decide the mood of the
poem?
Meaning:
 What is the poem saying about the season or
situation?
 Do you agree or disagree with this message?
Explain your connection to the meaning.
 Are there any other reasonable ways to
interpret this poem?

Pitch Paragraph
Now that you know this poem inside and out, it’s time to pitch your client to your chosen
magazine’s editor! Write one paragraph explaining why your client and their poem are the
perfect fit for this specific magazine (Spooky Seasons or Harvest Happenings). Remember, a
paragraph is five to seven sentences and needs to include supporting evidence. This means
using quotes from the poem to help prove your point. Standard spelling, grammar, and
punctuation rules apply.

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Expressive Poetry Rubric

On Target Almost There Needs Improvement


25-20 points 19-15 points 14-0 points

 The graphic organizer  The graphic organizer  The graphic organizer


Graphic is filled out in its is filled out with is incompletely filled
Organizer entirety with almost all complete out or contains many
(25 points) complete sentences. sentences. phrases and
 The analysis is in-  There is some fragments.
depth with evidence. analysis with little or  There is no analysis
no evidence. of the poem.

20-16 points 15-11 points 10-0 points

 There are a minimum  There are a minimum  There are fewer than
Magazine of five to seven of five to seven five sentences.
Paragraph complete sentences. almost complete  There is no
(20 points)  There is clear and sentences. supporting evidence.
convincing  There is some
supporting evidence. supporting evidence.

5-4 points 3-2 points 1-0 points

Grammar,  There are virtually no  There are a few  There are several
Usage, and spelling, punctuation, spelling, punctuation, spelling, punctuation,
Mechanics or grammatical or grammatical or grammatical
(5 points) errors. errors. errors.

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