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1-Month Unit: Day 16. Agenda: Do Now: Name that device! Schedule for the week Guided practice: Identify and analyze the poems Independent practice: Analyze & teach!! . Do Now.
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Agenda: • Do Now: Name that device! • Schedule for the week • Guided practice: Identify and analyze the poems • Independent practice: Analyze & teach!!
Do Now Directions: Identify the poetic devices used in each line of poetry. Add the rhyme scheme to the right of the verses.
Today’s Objectives • SW • identify and determine the significance of poetic devices used in a poem. • write and give an oral summary of a poem, including aspects such as the mood, significance of the poem, and rhyme scheme.
Schedule as we move forward: TODAY: Review Day #1 Thursday: Review Day #2 (jeopardy) Friday: Unit assessment Monday & Tuesday: Poetry Workshop Think about What have we learned? What poetic devices do we know about? What have we learned about poetry?
Today YOU are going to become the teacher! 1. You are going to work either independently or with a partner 2. Read the poem given to you/your group 3. Analyze the poem for its poetic devices, mood, and meaning (paragraph analysis) 4. Analyze the significance of the selected lines in your poem 5. Report your responses on the board. 6. Teach your poem to the class! First, we will do a practice poem analysis and teaching together!
Practice Together! My Smile is Losing Weight by Crystal Holmes I remember they days my cheeks had stretch marks And someone could probably count all of my teeth But now lately my face has become droopy, sluggish, Some say it looks like I’m not getting any sleep The gap on my face used to stretch and curve for miles But now it’s a straight line that’s extremely petite Never knew a smile could be anorexic Maybe I should get off this stress diet and find some joys to eat. • What is significant about these lines? • What is significant about an anorexic smile?
Your turn! You are going to work either independently or with a partner Readthe poem given to you/your group. Fill out the graphic organizer: Analyze the poem for its poetic devices, mood, and meaning (paragraph analysis). Fill out the boxes next to the identified lines in your poem: Analyze the significance of the selected lines in your poem. Come up to the board: Report your responses on the board. Teachyour poem to the class!
And my heart belongs to youNothing is wrong with meSilent night I am aloneI am calling your name in the nightAnd my heart feels emptinessEvery night and every dayI think of youWithout you my heart is coldI wish to send you my love THE STAR by Yeth Kong and Catherine HardyAt midnight I am sitting here aloneAbove the moonlight is bright(Like the) inside of my soulI take a look at the skyThe star I see is too high from me(Just like you) oh I miss youDo you know I love youThe winds of my heart are coldAll my life I am wishingThat you would come into my armsI want to reach the starI want to touch the starThe star is far away from meI want to sing you a favorite songMy heart is too strong • What is the star that the poet talks about?
The Klan • by Gil Scott Heron • *(excerpts, complete poem on student handout) • Countryside was cold and still There were three crosses on the hill Each one wore a burning hood To hide its rotten core of wood • What are the two meanings of wood? What is it symbolic of? • What does the poet mean by this line? And each one sucked a hungry breath Out of the empty lungs of death
MS. RIGHT NOW • by PoetiqTika • *(excerpts, complete poem on student handout) C Ms. Right Now Is the girl your mother warned you about The girl your father schooled you about Who your friends told you, you could live without What point is the poet making here? What does the poet mean by, “the truth is always a lie?” But in reality all she does is mislead Cause the truth is always a lie indeed
My Letter to Hip Hop by PoetiqTika *(excerpts, complete poem on student handout) What point does the poet make about Hip Hop? But I was raise off the intellect of your speech But in these current years I've done nothing but turned off my ears & let my hips sway at your beats Because nothing you say is intellectual to me What does the poet want from Hip Hop? I'm not looking for how many shots you took Rocks you sold Or glocks you popped I'm not looking for what you done in the hood I'm looking for what you done to better the hood
They Charge Me With A Crime by PoetiqTika *(excerpts, complete poem on student handout) So with the razor you throw to me To commit my own suicide I took it & wrote my words upon these walls Not caring how many years you added on Because every prisoner is reciting them through these halls Why is this significant?
Queens and Kings by Ave C. *(excerpts, complete poem on student handout) What is significant about these lines? Power and lust eats away at us. From the inside out slowly it devours us Like the virus AIDS It waits and it preys Knowing just when and where to lay its eggs. What point is the author making here? Like vultures they ate away at our culture Leaving us with only the bare bones
Everyday Drug by Teddy *(excerpts, complete poem on student handout) What point is the poet making here? But I'm too strong for it to hold me down So tall and straight I stand My everyday drug like no other is Something called a man
Sunshine to the Blind Man by Shanequa Stevenson *(excerpts, complete poem on student handout) What point is the poet making here? Sunshine to the blind man Is a cool breeze on a summer's night the warmth in winter with no light The feeling that everything is just right What point is the poet making here? Sunshine to the blind man Is to listen to the fat lady sing To feel the shine of a diamond ring To know that for everyone you meet Joy is what you bring
Wrap it up! How do you analyze poetry? How do you determine the meaning of a poem? Why is poetry an important text type to read? What can be gained from reading poetry?
