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Enter the classroom silently. Retrieve any materials you may need before the bell rings. Get started on your daily grammar activity. Welcome Back travelers…. Tuesday, October 9 th , 2012. Student Discovery. Group Work Expectations: No more than four people in each group
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Enter the classroom silently. Retrieve any materials you may need before the bell rings. Get started on your daily grammar activity. Welcome Back travelers… Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
Student Discovery • Group Work Expectations: • No more than four people in each group • Each member of the group will have a specific role based on Ms. Cohen’s assignment • Count off • Low Voice Level • Remain in your seats and raise your hand if you need anything. Do not call out. • Any not following of directions will result in our consequence system and possible removal from activity.
Student Discovery • As a group you may choose one of the following topics: • Poetry as a tool of the Civil Rights Movement • Poetry as a form of commemoration of the Holocaust • Poetry as an Expression of Identity • Poetry as a Form of Social Critique • Send one group representative to the front to retrieve your poem and article • Read the biography of the poet • Read the poem • Prepare for presentation
Student Discovery • Requirements: • Find two literary devices in the poem and explain how they add to the meaning and reader’s understanding of the poem • Identify the “social issue” being discussed in the poem • Create a definition of poetry and a visual representation of that definition based on your poem. • Draw visual and write definition of poetry on construction paper. Make sure work is neat and appealing. • Be prepared to present to the class.
Presentations • Be respectful. • Listen attentively. • Be engaged.
“True Colors” • Partner Share
Today we will be able to… • Analyze a poem’s meaning by paraphrasing sections of the poem. • Identify and analyze the use of figurative language in a poem.
Figurative Language • Metaphor: a comparison that does not use “like” or “as” • Simile: a comparison that uses “like” or “as” • Personification: giving an object humanlike qualitites
Analyzing Figurative Language • Read your poem with your group TWICE. • Analyze the title of the poem. • Paraphrase the poem. • Analyze the figurative language in the poem. ONE member from each group (the expert) will teach other groups about your poem.