WEDNESDAY’S WARM-UP
PLEASE WRITE AND CORRECT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE.
WHEN HENRY VIII BECAME KING IN 1509, HE MARRIES CATHERINE OF ARAGON WHO
WAS THE WIFE OF THE LAST KING OF ENGLAND.
WEDNESDAY’S WARM-UP CORRECTION
PLEASE WRITE AND CORRECT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE.
TODAY'S SKILL: VERB TENSE, COMMA
WHEN HENRY VIII BECAME KING IN 1509, HE MARRIED CATHERINE OF ARAGON, WHO
HAD BEEN THE WIFE OF THE LAST KING OF ENGLAND.
OBJECTIVE
• WITH 100% EFFORT, STUDENTS WILL READ A POEM, MARK THE TEXT,
IDENTIFY STYLISTIC ELEMENTS, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, AND SENSORY
DETAILS . ONCE COMPLETED, WE WILL ANALYZE TONE AND THEN CREATE AN
ILLUSTRATION FROM TEXTUAL EVIDENCE.
MATERIALS NEEDED
• 1 PENCIL
• 1 HIGHLIGHTER
• 1 SHEET OF NOTEBOOK PAPER
• 1 COPY OF POEM- ABANDONED FARMHOUSE (FROM THE DOOR)
RECAPPING POETRY: BRAINPOP
• HTTP://WWW.BRAINPOP.COM/ENGLISH/WRITING/POETRY/
BRAINSTORMING 1 MIN (DEBRIEF)
Abandon
MAKING PREDICTIONS
• BASED ON THE TITLE OF OUR POEM, “ABANDONED FARMHOUSE,” WHAT DO
YOU THINK THIS POEM MAY BE REFERENCING?
MEETING OUR AUTHOR
Born April 25, 1939, in Ames, Iowa.
Iowa State University (B.S. 1962), and the
University of Nebraska (M.A. 1968).
Worked for many years as a life
insurance executive; now retired and
teaching half time at The University of
Nebraska.
READING THE TEXT
• WE WILL READ THE TEXT THREE TIMES.
• FIRST READING- IS FOR GENERAL UNDERSTANDING
• SECOND READING- IS FOR APPLYING OUR SKILLS AND MARKING THE TEXT BY CHUNKING
• THIRD READING- INTERPRETATION THROUGH ANNOTATION OF THE POEM
FIRST READING
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SECOND READING
• WORKING WITH A SHOULDER PARTNER, REMEMBER TO:
1. CHUNK THE TEXT
2. USE YOUR HIGHLIGHTER
3. USE YOUR METACOGNITIVE MARKERS
!- INTERESTING ?- QUESTION * SHARE AN IDEA
THIRD READING
•USING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE, YOU WILL ANALYZE MEANING OF THE
POEM AND TELL HOW EACH IMAGE CREATED BY THE FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE CONTRIBUTES TO THE MEANING OF THE POEM.
EXTENSION: UNPACKING OUR AGENDA
• BOX VERBS AND UNDERLINE NOUNS ( 1 MIN)
• USING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE, SELECT ONE OF THE STANZAS FROM OUR POEM
AND CREATE AN ILLUSTRATION OR DRAWING TO REPRESENT THE TEXT.
EXTENSION: UNPACKING OUR AGENDA
• USING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE, SELECT ONE OF THE STANZAS FROM OUR POEM
AND CREATE AN ILLUSTRATION OR DRAWING TO REPRESENT THE TEXT.
• BE CREATIVE 