Do Now (5 min)

1. Do Now (5 min) Write about something that is a major part of your identity?

2. Extended Metaphor and Symbolism Activity 3.8 

3. Agenda • Do Now (5 min) • Objectives (2 min) • Homework Check (2 min) • Review symbol and extended metaphor (2 min) • Vocabulary Term: Figurative Language (2 min) • Independently Read Identity (5 min) • What does Identity Mean (5 min) • Connotation of selected words (flower and weeds) (5 min) • What do the symbols represent?(5 min) • Let’s analyze the metaphors (5 min) • Metaphors relation to title? (5 min) • Write your own poem using metaphors, symbols and repetition (10 min) • Closing (1 min) • Exit Slip (2 min) • Participation Grades (3 min)

4. Homework Check (2 min) Please take out the description of your passion. You should have one for someone who knows very little about the subject and one for someone who knows a lot about the subject

5. Content (The knowledge you’ll master today) • SWBAT: • Create rough draft classroom norms for 10 different situations • Create class-wide final-draft classroom norms for 10 different situations • Define the word “norm” and explain why it is important to have norms Objectives (2 min) • Content (The knowledge you’ll master today) • SWBAT: • Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • Create a poemthat includes an extended metaphor Language (How you will master the knowledge) By: • Reading, discussing, and notating the poem Identity • Writing a poem using an extended metaphor

6. Review symbol and extended metaphor (2 min) • Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity. Review the terms: (Extended) metaphor Ex: Symbol Ex: Look on p. 206 Or In the Glossary (at the back of the book) (a comparison)

7. Vocabulary Term: Figurative Language (2 min) • Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity. What is Figurative Language? Descriptions of one thing that are NOT meant to be taken literally

8. Independently Read Identity (5 min) • Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity.

9. Independently Read Identity (5 min) • Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity. On p. 217 Take the next 5-minutes and silently read Identity Make sure to underline any metaphors or figurative language

10. What does Identity Mean (5 min) • Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity.

11. Connotation of selected words (flower and weeds) (5 min) • Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity.

12. What do the symbols represent?(5 min) • Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity.

13. Let’s analyze the metaphors (5 min) • Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity. -What is the extended metaphor? (What metaphor is Polanco using throughout the poem?) -What literary device does he use to continue the extended metaphor?

14. Metaphors relation to title? (5 min) • Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity. How does the extended metaphor relate to the title Identity?

15. Write your own poem using metaphors, symbols and repetition (10 min) Please write your own poem using an extended metaphor, repetition and symbolism. If you’re having trouble getting started, try starting your poem with the line: I am like a_________

16. Content (The knowledge you’ll master today) • SWBAT: • Create rough draft classroom norms for 10 different situations • Create class-wide final-draft classroom norms for 10 different situations • Define the word “norm” and explain why it is important to have norms Closing (1 min) • Did you master the following objectives? • Content (The knowledge you’ll master today) • SWBAT: • Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor • Create a poemthat includes an extended metaphor Language (How you will master the knowledge) By: • Reading, discussing, and notating the poem Identity • Writing a poem using an extended metaphor

17. Exit Slip (3 min) • What is the extended metaphor in this poem? Fog By Carl Sandburg The fog comes in on little cat feet. It sits looking over the harbor and city on silent haunches* and then, moves on. *Haunches = the leg of an animal

18. SMART (Participation) Grade (5 min) Each day YOU will decide the grade you deserve.* Your 5-point daily participation grade is based on CLA’s core-values: CLA Students are S.M.A.R.T. S = Self-Controlled M = Motivated A = Accountable R = Respectful T = Timely What do you deserve today? *One point for each core-value (5 points possible each day). I reserve the right to change these grades.