The Downsiders Poetry Lesson
Prompt
- Create your own poem based on the Downsiders.
- Write from the perspective of a character.
- OR write about one of the book's themes.
- OR write about a setting.
- Include at least TWO examples of figurative language.
What is Poetry?
Themes
Setting
- Class
- Xenophobia-fear of strangers or outsiders
- Friendship
- Forbidden Love
- Rebellion
- The Topside (New York City)
- The Downside
- Writing arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm.
- There are dozens of forms of poetry, ranging from slam to free verse to ballads
Characters
- Talon Angler
- Lindsay Matthias
- Railborn
- Gutta
- Robert Gunderson
- Alfred Beach