ComingofAge Experiences Catalog Poem 4 5 Grab your

Coming-of-Age Experiences Catalog Poem 4. 5 **Grab your textbooks! ***DGP 17

Quick Write! • In the Journal section of your binder, generate a list of childhood remembrances (places, people, events, activities, fond memories, harsh memories, memories of growing up). • E. g. Wide open field in my front yard, woods in my back yard, a forever playmate, barefoot, pets (cats and dogs), beach vacations, moving away from my first home, missing a whole month of school because of snow, family meals, baby sister…

Bell Ringer - Quick Write! • Now, take that list and turn it into a free write by responding to this prompt: How do these childhood experiences make you who you are as a person? • Because of my childhood experiences, I am adaptable, invisible, kind, hopeful, empathetic, loving, family-oriented, adventurous, a home-body.

4. 5 Purpose: • To draft an autobiographical narrative • To examine the structure of a free-verse catalogue poem • To analyze a text for imagery and tone • To create a free-verse poem in the style of a published author

Nikki Giovanni

“Nikki Rosa” • Read the poem silently • Purpose for reading: What do you learn about the speaker’s life from the poem? • Use MY NOTES area for notes!

“Nikki Rosa” • Read the poem aloud • Mark the text for powerful images

“Nikki Rosa” • What is Giovanni’s attitude toward her subject and/or readers? Why? • Why no punctuation? • What did she capitalize and why?

• Look back at the poem and identify ideas and moments that give us insights or clues into the speaker’s nature or personality? Are they rituals? Holidays? etc. ? • Pick one and label the diction and details that reveal the speaker’s nature or personality. • Can you connect any of your personal experiences to any of these? “Nikki Rosa”

Your Turn! • Model Giovanni’s style (catalog) to create an original poem about your own life or coming-of-age experiences. • The poem should reveal aspects of your nature or personality through details