PowerPoint Slides September 1216th
English III
New Opening Task
▫ For the next few weeks, we will have do vocabulary words instead
of Mug Shots.
 Your task is once you have arrived to class you will do the
following for your daily word in your word log:
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Define the word. (Dictionaries are under the desks.)
Create a sentence.
Figure out part of speech.
Find a word opposite.
 We will then go over the word as a class.
 I will take volunteers to approach the board to give their
examples.
 There will be weekly checks, and biweekly quizzes.
September 12, 2011: I Can
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can find evidence within Section One of Song
of Myself to support my analysis of what the
text says and what I infer about the text.
The Task
• For our time with Song of Myself, we will work
in Whitman Work Groups.
• Each day you will have a different task you will
complete in your group and then present to the
class.
• Each day you will report to regular assigned seat
for instructions, and then you will go to your
groups.
Whitman Work Group Roles
• Roles (People May Have Two Roles)
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Scribe- Records group ideas.
Artist- Creates the presentation materials.
Speaker- Introduces the group.
Reader-Lines from poem and interpretation.
Leader-Keeps the group on task and focused.
 During your group work times, I will walk around the
room making sure you are working. You will receive
daily discussion points if I walk by your group and
you’re on task. If not, well you know what happens.
Before Meeting In Groups
• Turn to page 400, follow along as I read Section
One.
Today’s Task
• Your groups will be responsible for interpreting
a set of lines from Section One.
• Your interpretation will include the following:
1. An interpretation of the lines deciding on a
meaning of your portion.
2. Words or phrases that support your conclusions
about your lines.
3. How do these lines relate to your life?
Before We Break
• “I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume.”
▫ What do these lines mean?
▫ What words tell you their meaning?
▫ How would these relate to your life?
Group Assignments
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Group One: Line 3
Group Two: Lines 4 and 5
Group Three: Line 6
Group Four: Line 7
Group Five: Lines 8 and 9
Group Six: Lines 10 and 11
Today’s Task
• Your groups will be responsible for interpreting
a set of lines from Section One.
• Your group will present their interpretations.
• Your interpretation presentations will include
the following:
1. An interpretation their lines deciding on a
meaning of your portion.
2. Words or phrases that support your
conclusions.
3. How do these lines relate to your life?
Exit Slip
• Interpret the following lines: “I harbor for good
or bad, I permit to speak at every
hazard,/Nature without check with original
energy.”
1. What is the meaning?
2. What words or phrases support your conclusion
about the meaning?
September 13, 2011: I Can
I
can find evidence within Section One of Song
of Myself to support my analysis of what the
text says and what I infer about the text.
Today
• I want to review yesterday.
• Go over a procedure.
• Then see the presentations.
Yesterday’s Exit Slip
• Interpret the following lines: “I harbor for good
or bad, I permit to speak at every
hazard,/Nature without check with original
energy.”
1. What is the meaning?
2. What words or phrases support your conclusion
about the meaning?
Meaning for first part
1. A lot of you said, I speak about the good and
the bad.
2. A lot of you used the words harbor, good, or
bad.
Second part for those who attempted
it.
1. That nature continues growing without our
help.
2. Words I saw: original energy and without
check.
Group Work Expectations
• While working in groups, I expect the following:
▫ On task conversations.
▫ Everyone participating.
▫ Quiet conversations.
 Why is this last one so important.
Group Time
• I want you to take 4 minutes and meet with your
groups real quick to do some last minute things.
• We will go in order.
September 14th, 2011: I Can
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can identify and explain the meaning of a
metaphor used within Section Six of Song of
Myself.
After School
• I will be staying after to school today.
• You can use this time to catch up on work or get
help with a topic confusing you.
• I will offer these services every Wednesday.
▫ 3:15-4:00 or later if needed.
Friday
• First word log check
• Bring Independent Reading Books
• If you have changed books meet with me about
your new book.
H.U.S.H?
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Hand
Up
Stop
and HUSH
Review: What is a Metaphor?
• Metaphor is the comparison of two things that
have something in common.
▫ Example: “He was eager to help but his legs were
rubber.”
 What is being compared?
 What is the effect of this comparison?
Before We Break
• Turn to page 401, I will read and you will follow
along as a I read.
Group Assignments
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Group One: Lines 14-19
Group Two: Lines 20-24
Group Three Lines 25-30
Group Four Lines 31-35
Group Five Lines 36-39
Group Six Lines 40-45
The Task
• Today, your group is responsible for the
following in your lines of Section Six:
1. Reading of the lines you are responsible for
analyzing.
2. Identifying the metaphor in your section of
Song of Myself.
3. Explaining what the metaphor says to the
class and providing evidence from the text to
support your explanation.
Exit Slip
• What is a metaphor you could use to explain
your life?
1. The metaphor
2. Why did you choose it?
My Metaphor
• Mr. Jamison has the patience and wisdom of
Yoda.
September 15th, 2011: I Can
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can draw a conclusion about the character of
Walt Whitman based on the lines of Section
Fifty-Two and support my conclusion with lines
from the text.
Friday
• First Word Log Check.
▫ All five words are worth ten points.
• Bring a no. 2 Pencil.
• Bring your Independent Reading Book.
• Check in with me about your book if you have
changed.
Character Traits
• What are character traits?
Based on what you see in this picture
what are some character traits?
Before We Break
• Turn to page 403, follow along as I read today’s
section.
How would I find character traits?
• The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he
complains of my gab and my loitering.
▫ What character trait are we seeing of Whitman?
▫ What words or phrases show support our
conclusions?
Group Assignments
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Group One: Lines 47 and 48
Group Two: Lines 49-51
Group Three: Lines 52-53
Group Four: Lines 54-55
Group Five: Lines 56-58
Group Six: Lines 59-61
The Task
• Today your group will do the following for
Section Fifty-Two:
1. Reading of the section you are responsible for
analyzing.
2. Identifying the character trait of Whitman you
concluded on based on your reading of your
lines.
3. Sharing the words or phrases that helped you
come to this conclusion about Whitman.
4. Draw a picture of Walt Whitman based on your
lines.
Exit Slip
• What character traits would you use to explain
yourself to someone?
1. List of four character traits.
2. Why you choose those traits.
September 15th, 2011: I Can
• I can write a poem about myself using telling
details, sensory language, and vivid pictures to
tell who I am and my experiences.
Song of Yourself
• Review of group work with “Song of Myself.”
▫ How does Whitman introduce his origin?
▫ How does Whitman use Metaphor in “Song of
Myself?”
▫ What vivid pictures do we see in this poem?
▫ Are there other devices we have not covered?
How would your song sound?
• You will now write section similar to
Whitman’s celebrating their self.
▫ Daily Assignment 30 Points
 5 points: Section includes writer’s origins
 10 points: Section gives an idea of who the writer is
now.
 15 points: Section utilizes two poetic devices
common to Whitman: metaphor, repetition,
parallelism, or imagery.
Exit
1. How did your song sound?
2. Students will share their songs.
September 16th, 2011: I Can
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can find and explain words, phrases, or lines
that create a mood in Robert Frost’s
“Acquainted with the Night.”
What is mood?
• Mood is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer
creates for the reader.
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Connotation of words
Imagery
Figurative Language
Sound
Rhythm
Descriptive Details
Before We Break
• Turn to page 1001, follow along as I read. Just
absorb the words and think about how it makes
you feel.
The Task
• You will partner up with one to two people near
you.
• You will receive a mood card. In your groups you
will look back at this poem and find lines that
match your mood.
• You will then approach the mood grid and
explain how your mood was represented and
why you choose those lines.
Exit Slip
• Use your mood card and create a brief
description of a time when you were in that
particular mood.