maggie and milly and
molly and may
maggie and milly and molly and may
 Open up your Poetry Daily Work file and at the top
add “maggie and milly and molly and may”
maggie and milly and molly and may
 Open your textbook to page 599
 Read the poem quietly to yourself
 Write how you feel after you read this poem (what is
the mood?)
 Re-read the poem
 Find ONE example of each of the following:
 Alliteration
 Personification
 End Rhyme
maggie and milly and molly and may
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. What is the TONE (the author’s attitude) of this poem?
1.
List 3 words or phrases that reveal this tone.
2. Pick the THEME that is most clearly revealed in this poem.
 The ocean is cruel and dangerous sometime and calm and
beautiful at other times.
 Some people like the ocean and others don’t.
 There are awesome things on the shore and in the ocean.
 The ocean is important and means different things to
different people.
Practice Theme Paragraph
 Keeping your theme in mind, copy down two direct
quotes (the exact words from the poem) that prove
your theme
 Make sure to include “” around the direct quote
 After each quote in () put the line number
Write a Paragraph
 Write a well constructed paragraph (topic sentence,
proof WITH EXPLANATIONS, closing sentence), that
proves the theme of this poem. Be sure to include at
least one direct quote in your writing with line
number.
Your turn
 Which of the following themes do you think BEST fits the poem
 Write a WELL STRUCTURED paragraph to support your answer.
 Make sure you have at least 2 examples from the poem.
 Make sure at least 1 example is an ICE quote.
 ICE is an acronym that stands for
 Introduce (One example where this can be seen is when the
author says…)
 Cite
 Explain (This quote is an example of the theme because…)