Today, we moved on to a little poetry analysis. We started by introducing an new graphic organizer to use when ever we are reading a new poem. It is called the TP-CASTT for Poetry Analysis.

This form can be used with any type of poem. Our poem today is a Sestina, so we covered the basic definition of the poetic form, Sestina.

Today was a practice or run through of how to use the TP-CASTT and look a cold-read of a poem. We covered the answers to each part of the TP-CASTT for “Sestina” by Elizabeth Bishop in class today. Students were instructed to write their answers in the reading logs as they will be graded when the folders are collected on Friday.

Tomorrow, students will be given a different poem and ask to repeat the process for a different type of poem.