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Poets and Poetry

Above Ground by Clint Smith | Hachette Book GroupPoet Ocean Vuong reflects on loss, and life without his mom, in new  collection : NPRThe Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman: 9780593465271 | PenguinRandomHouse.com:  BooksDevotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver: Oliver, Mary: 9780399563249:  Amazon.com: BooksPoets and Poetry: Researching the People and the Craft

Clint Smith                            Ocean Vuong.                        Amanda Gorman                    Mary Oliver

Databases and Resources for this project

RESEARCH TOOLS

NoodleTools

Students - sign in with google and create a project for this assignment

See THIS TUTORIAL for help with NoodleTools, if you need it - Thanks, Ms. McFerrin!

DATABASES-some are password protected-email nmoore@auhsdschools.org

Gale in Context: Biography-Use for Source One

Covers a vast array of people from significant figures to present-day newsmakers, alongside various articles, videos, podcasts, and images

Bloom's Literature - Use for Source Two

A comprehensive resource for the study of literature. Edited and curated by Yale University professor Harold Bloom, this database includes thousands of critical essays; author biographies, interviews, and profiles; character analyses

Gale Literature Resource Center -Use for Source Two or Three

Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

Britannica-Use for General Informaition
Complete encyclopedia includes primary sources and biographies

Cite your book of poetry-Use for Source Four - use the ISBN# to cite - Ms. Moore will show you how!


 

Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman - Fury and Faith Poem

Goals for the Project

The goal of this assignment is to:

1. Learn about a new poet and the type of poetry they write

2. Make a citation for each source in NoodleTools and import into your document

3. Practice using a formal, research driven tone when writing

Poetry Books

Annotated Bibliography-Poets

Creating an Annotated Bibliography using NoodleTools

WHAT IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?

  • An Annotated Bibliography is an organized list of sources -like a Works Cited page
  • Each source is followed by a brief note or “annotation”
  • Annotations are short paragraphs - five to seven sentences-that are written right below the source citation
  • Your paragraphs are about your poet and his/her/their works.                                                                                                                                                                            Content 
  • SOURCE 1: Biographical information – Where are they from/what region do they live? How does the background influence who they are as a poet?
  • SOURCE 2: Content of the poetry typically written by the poet – WHAT do they write about? Do they talk about WHY they write about what they write?
  • SOURCE 3: Style and form of the poetry written by the poet – HOW do they write (word choice, punctuation, grammatical choices) and What TYPE of poetry do they write? 
  • SOURCE 4: Talk about your experience reading a book (or collection) of poetry written by your poet. How did you feel while reading? Was it confusing or easy to read? Why? Did you visualize what you read or not? Why or why not? Reference specific poems or lines that stood out to you as important, confusing, interesting, or off-putting. Explain WHY you chose these specific lines.

 

 

Using NoodleTools for your Annotated Bibliography

USING NOODLETOOLS FOR ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Click into each source in your project and scroll down to the annotation box. Write the paragraph below for EACH SOURCE and save it. When you are finished, export all sources to google docs.

See THIS TUTORIAL for help - Thanks, Ms. McFerrin!

LINK to Annotated Bibliography Handout-Lenet

Yung Pueblo on Letting Go and Changing