Poetry
Week of December 12-16
Monday
Warm Up
• Identify the following terms in your notes
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Speaker
Setting
Mood
Tone
Theme
Shift
Inference
Review of Figurative Language and
Sound Devices
The geese flying south
In a row long and VShaped
Pulling in winter.
(write in notes)
The summer
Still hangs
Heavy and sweet
With sunlight
As it did last year
The autumn
Still comes
Showering gold and
Crimson
As it did last year
The winter
Still stings
Clean and cold and
White
As it did last year
The spring
Still comes
Like a whisper in the
Dark night
It is only I
Who have changed.
Questions from poems
1. What natural event does the speaker describe in "Fall"?
2. Which images in "Change" are most vivid?
3. Identify the two images in "Fall"--what symbol is suggested in these lines?
4. What is ironic about the change that occurs in the poem "Change"?
5. Why does the poet use a different sentence pattern in the last stanza of
"Change"?
6. How are the two poems similar? How are they different?
7. Why might the author chosen the word "pulling"?
8. What image does this create in the reader's mind?
REV IT UP
• 2 lessons
½ Study guide for homework
• Explain directions- will go over on Tuesday
Tuesday
Warm up (comprehension reading)
REV IT UP
• 2 lessons
Break down a poem from HW packet
• Answer questions-
Other ½ Study guide for homework
• Answer questions 1-10 on the back of the
study guide for homework tonight
Wednesday
• Warm up (grammar minutes)
Go over questions to study guide with
partner
Break down a poem from HW packet
• Answer questions-
REV IT UP
• 2 lessons
• STUDY FOR HOMEWORK!!
Thursday
• Poetry Test
Friday
• REV IT UP QUIZ
• Holidays in December PowerPoint
• Take notes and be ready to answer questions.
• People who get all questions correct get a
prize!
Questions to answer with a partner-on lined paper
1. What is advent?
2. Where did St. Nicholas Day originate?
3. What is - The Day of our Lady of Guadalupe & where is it
celebrated?
4. When is the shortest day of the year?
5. When is Christmas?
6. What does - Chanukah mean?
7. What are the wooden spinners of the Jewish religion
called?
8. When does Kwanzaa take place? (specific dates)
9. Omisoka is a holiday celebrated in which country?
10. What is the name of your favorite teacher? =)
What are you doing this holiday
break?
• Paragraph write, share with a friend
• Share with the class