Individual photographs � Take out the photograph you brought from home. � Our task for tomorrow is to craft a poem that captures the experience of a photograph using intense sensory imagery to tell the story. � These � Poem poems will be due ________. must be submitted to turnitin. com
Brainstorming… � Open your notebook to a blank page. � Make a big chart in your notes: SENSE I see: I hear: I smell: I feel/touch: I taste: TONE of PHOTO: DETAILS
Brainstorming Chart � Hand your photo to a partner. � Have your partner tell you what he/she sees in your photo. � Do the same for each sense. � Write these on your chart if you do not already have these details listed.
Reflect/Choose � Look back at your chart. � Circle the best details from each section of the chart. � Determine how you can describe these details using sensory imagery in order to help your reader experience what’s in the photo. � Craft some individual lines.
Start with VISUAL imagery � Choose a detail from your chart that you can describe visually. � Craft that line now. � Does it describe what you see? � Does it capture color? � Does it capture clarity? � Does it capture small details?
Move to Auditory imagery � Choose a detail from your chart that you can describe with auditory imagery. � Craft that line now. � Does it describe the sounds you hear? � Does it use cue words? � Does it capture small nuance of sound? (scratch, bubbles, clicks, taps) � Does it capture the clarity of the sound?