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Poetry & Unity

Weekly Overview

  • Monday: Fig Lang Test/ Complete EQT Essay

  • Tuesday: Field Trip/Split Classes

  • Wednesday: Annotate Poem

  • Thursday: Dr. Seuss "Sneetches"

  • Friday: Dr. Seuss Poem/ Quiz

Weekly Overview

Monday

Bell Ringer:

How does Figurative Language help or assist the following fictional pieces?

-Poetry

-Novels

-Songs

-Plays

Review

Define the following examples of Figurative Language

Review

Define the Following Prt 1

1. Ms. Fagan is as fabulous as a llama.

2. Llama Larry likes lasagna late on the lawn.

3. The lady had a smile like Mona Lisa.

4. It's raining cats and dogs.

Define the Following Prt 2

5. The king had the heart of a lion.

6. "Boom clap /The sound of my heart /The beat goes on and on and on and on and /Boom clap" -Charli XCX

7. The chair screamed in agony under the weight of the elephant.

8. "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!"

New Terms!!!

New Information

Couplet

Quatrain

Poem Forms

  • Haiku:
  • 5-7-5 > Typically talks about Nature

Poem Forms

Concrete

Lyric Poetry

Limerick

  • Rhyme Scheme = aabba
  • Typically humorous
  • Between 4-5 lines
  • 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines are between 7-10 syllables long
  • 3rd and 4th lines are shorter
  • 3rd and 4th lines form a rhymed couplet

Limerick

Example

Limericks I cannot compose,

With noxious smells in my nose.

But this one was easy,

I only felt queasy,

Because I was sniffing my toes.

-PunME.com (http://pun.me/pages/funny-limericks.php)

Example

Tone

The attitude or emotion the author's words give a piece of writing

Tone

Procedures for Tomorrow

  • School Uniform (No Spirit Shirts)
  • School ID
  • Polite (Act as if I was going to be there)
  • Quiet during performance
  • Follow ALL instructions by adults
  • (especially teachers going on trip)
  • Clap when it is APPROPRIATE not in excess
  • If you are not going:
  • Go to assigned classrooms
  • Follow Teacher's Instructions to a T

Procedures

Wednesday

Bell Ringer:

What does Discrimination mean to you? (RACE)

Wednesday

Dramatic Reading

RACE Questions

  • What does Mother mean by “life for me ain’t been no crystal stair?

  • What was life like for her?

  • What does she not want for her son?

Audio/First Read

RACE Questions

  • What is the Theme of this poem?

  • How does Langston Hughes convey this theme?

  • What does the metaphor, “I, too, am America,” mean?

Bonus Poems

Bonus Poems 2

Thursday

How does Pop Culture help or hurt moral lessons? (RACE)

Thursday

Dr. Seuss's

"Sneetches"

  • Take Jot Notes while I read to you Dr. Seuss's "Sneetches"

Dr. Seuss's

"Sneetches"

Video Comparison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPhOZzsi_6Q

Video Comparison

Text to Text

  • What was Dr. Seuss' purpose in writing this book?

  • What does he want his reader to realize about labeling and judging people based on arbitrary physical differences?

Text to Text

Text to World

  • How is "The Sneetches" an allegory/metaphor for real-life examples of prejudice, stereotypes, racism, discrimination & segregation?

Text to World

Text to Self

  • Have you ever assumed something about someone or treated someone differently based on their appearance? Why?

  • Has someone ever judged you or treated you unfairly based on your appearance?

  • How did that feel?

  • Does this book change your attitude about stereotypes and prejudice?

Text to Self

Friday

Bell Ringer:

Identify the type of figurative language being used in the following sentences.

1. That truck is the color of an orange.

2. Time flies when you are having fun!

3. There are a million students at Semmes Middle school.

How to Seuss

Step 1:

Choose simple words that rhyme well.

How to Seuss

Step 2

Don’t be afraid to make up words.

Step 2

Step 3

Use internal and end rhyme.

Step 3

Step 4

  • Be repetitive.
  • Mix reality with fantasy.
  • Create vivid characters.
  • Draw from myth, folklore, pop culture, and travel

Step 4

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