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Warm-up. Academic Language North: East: West: Discourse Roles North : East : West:. TASK: How do experiences influence attitudes? How has your experience in America influenced your attitude about America?. Content Language Objective.
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Warm-up Academic Language North: East: West: Discourse Roles North: East: West: TASK: How do experiences influence attitudes? How has your experience in America influenced your attitude about America?
Content Language Objective • Students will identify and explain the effect of poetic elements by speaking and writing about poems that reveal attitudes about America, using • Poems • Collaborative analysis and annotation • CSE paragraph expectations
Shifts in Poetry • Most poems begin with the author exploring/explaining a problem they are having and trying to solve • Or • An issue they are having and trying to resolve
Shifts Con’t • The shift signifies the author’s solution to the problem • Or • Their coming to terms with the issue (acceptance) • The shift usually also reveals the THEME of the poem
THEME • To find theme you first must find the subject/topic • Subjects are usually non-tangible • Exs: love, hate, jealousy, greed, war
Theme • After finding the subject, you need to infer and place what you believe the author’s opinion or judgment is about the subject • Subject/Topic + Opinion/Judgment = THEME • Jealousy can destroy even the strongest relationships • Love can be can dangerous when it appears in the form of lust • Avoid clichés: Only fools rush in, Love is blind
America Poems • Read and Annotate for the Poetry Big Four: • Theme, Tone/Mood, Figurative Language, Shift • Write a thematic statement for each poem
Writing Prompt • After reading each poem, argue in writing which poem and author most closely resembles your opinion of America. Use textual evidence to support you claim.
Essential Questions • What is the “American Dream”? • Is the “American Dream” accessible to everyone in America?