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You need: Poetry Packet and Literature Book Today

You need: Poetry Packet and Literature Book Today. 5 Minute Review: Skim over Lit. Book pp. 554-564.

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You need: Poetry Packet and Literature Book Today

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  1. You need: Poetry Packet and Literature Book Today 5 Minute Review: Skim over Lit. Book pp. 554-564

  2. Can You Solve the Riddle of the Structure of this Poem?Do NOT open your envelope until instructed! You will work with your group members to try to arrange this poem in the correct order. Watch the screen for the clues. “The River” -- I am the title – notice my “jacket” of quotations? - titles of poems need quotations I am stanza 1 My first line is a metaphor The River is personified as a “he” Is he lost? I am stanza 2 My Line 5 of this whole poem is a metaphor This stanza reminds me of driving through Tennessee to Gatlinburg With three 5 year olds – oh my! I am stanza 3 My Line 9 of this whole poem is a metaphor Captain Jack Sparrow might just be this River So, the River is personified as a collector.

  3. Can You Solve the Riddle of the Structure of this Poem?Do NOT open your envelope until instructed! You will work with your group members to try to arrange this poem in the correct order. Watch the screen for the clues. I am stanza 4 My Line 13 of this whole poem is a metaphor Can a River be pregnant? I am stanza 5 My line 17 is a metaphor I should be on the X Factor! I am stanza 6 I am the last stanza My line 21 is a metaphor Wow, what a change in tone! Now I am scared.

  4. Listen to see if you organized your poem correctly. • http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=2807 • Way to go! • Paraphrase each stanza in the margin. • Be the Test Maker: Write 7 TCAP-style questions about and for “The River.” Questions should be based on bold faced terms you have learned from your textbook Unit 5 pp.554-564 . • Answer them in another color. • Next slide: Write your own using the formula

  5. Color Riddle Poems It is like a mirror for the open sea It reaches out a helping hand when I feel my goal is slipping away It’s a blanket of comfort in my world Around every corner What color am I? ~Mrs. Young Choose a color in your mind. Line 1– Simile comparing the color to something associated with it Line 2 – Personify it Line 3 - Metaphor comparing the color to something else Line 4 – Prepositional phrase telling where Line 5 – What color am I? Write a rough draft before putting the final draft in your packet and illustrating it!

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