Poetry Unit!
Name: _________
Poetry Toolbox
Just as every worker uses tools, poets have special tools that they use when writing poetry. This
toolbox contains the basic poetry tools used by beginning poets and examples of each tool in italics.
Alliteration: Repeated beginning consonant sounds. Feather fingers flapping. Peter Piper picked
a peck of pickled peppers.
Line break: The end of a line of poetry. If there is no punctuation at a line break, the reader
continues reading without pause. If there is punctuation at a line break, the reader
pauses. Line breaks can be used for emphasis. The editing mark for a line break is /
Metaphor: A comparison of two things that are different, but without using the words “like” or
“as.” An extended metaphor continues this comparison over many lines or stanzas of a
poem. The whole world is a trash heap.
Onomatopoeia (ah-no-mah-toe-pee-uh): Words that sound like the sound they make. Pop, swoosh,
bang, gurgle, slap, buzz.
Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human animals or objects. The green plant
drinks the sun’s rays. The tree screamed in pain as it was chopped down.
Punctuation: Used to show the reader how to read the poem. May include periods, commas,
semi-colons, exclamation points, question marks, etc.
Repetition: Repeated words for effect. Hop, munches, hop, munches; the rabbit knows no danger.
A refrain is a repeated line found throughout a poem, usually in the same place in each
stanza.
Rhyme: Repeated ending sounds. Cold, fold, bold, told, rolled, scold. Tea, bee, free, see.
Rhythm: Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a beat as the poem is read.
There once was a boy named Fred. He loved to read in bed.
Sensory details: Words and language that describe sights, smells, tastes, textures, and sounds in
great detail. The crooked yellow talons of the eagle dripped with crimson blood.
Simile: Comparing two things that are different using the words “like” or “as.” The eagle flies as
high as a skyscraper. The sound of the falling books was like gunshots.
Specific language: Use of specific nouns instead of general ones. Instead of dog, use German
Shepherd. Instead of fast, use 100 miles per hour. Instead of animal, use rabbit.
Stanza: A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph. The stanza may include a rhyming pattern.
WARNING: Do not get so focused on the tools of poetry that you forget to enjoy it. Poets write
about everything from the most important lessons of life to the most mundane everyday occurrences.
First, read poems to understand their meaning and enjoy the sense of wonder and awe that they
inspire. Only after you first enjoy the poem should you begin analyzing the tools the poet used to
create it.
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Poetry Analysis- Tuesday, November 16th
Vocabulary:
Repetition: _________________________________________________________
Alliteration: _________________________________________________________
Onomatopoeia: _________________________________________________________
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
HOW MANY, HOW MUCH
By Shel Silverstein
How many slams in an old screen door?
Depends how loud you shut it.
How many slices in a bread?
Depends on how you cut it.
How much good inside a day?
Depends how good you live ‘em.
How much love inside a friend?
Depends how much you give ‘em.
Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Wednesday, November 17th
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
What My Uncle Tony Told My Sister, Angie, and Me
By Simon J. Ortiz
respect your mother and father
respect your brothers and sisters
respect your uncles and aunts
respect your land, the beginning
respect what is taught you
respect what you are named
respect the gods
respect yourself
everything that is around you
is part of you.
Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Thursday, November 18th
Vocabulary:
luster: _________________________________________________________
glossed: _________________________________________________________
sagging: _________________________________________________________
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
Something Told the Wild Geese
By Rachel Field
Something told the wild geese
It was time to go
Though the fields lay golden
Something whispered – “Snow.”
Leaves were green and stirring,
Berries, luster-glossed,
But beneath warm feathers
Something cautioned – “Frost.”
All the sagging orchards
Steamed with amber spice,
But each wild breast stiffened
At remembered ice.
Something told the wild geese
It was time to fly—
Summer sun was on their wings,
Winter in their cry.
Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Friday, November 19th
Vocabulary:
splinters: _________________________________________________________
crystal: _________________________________________________________
landings: _________________________________________________________
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
Mother to Son
By Langston Hughes
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a’climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t’ you set down on the steps
‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Monday, November 22nd
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
Just the Two of Us
By Will Smith
From the first time the doctor placed you in my arms
I knew I'd meet death before I'd let you be harmed
Although questions arose in my mind, would I be man enough?
Against wrong, choose right and be standing up
From the hospital that first night
Took a hour just to get the car-seat in right
People drivin' all fast, got me kinda upset
Got you home safe, placed you in your basinette
That night I don't think one wink I slept
As I slipped out my bed, to your crib I crept
Touched your head gently, felt my heart melt
Cause I knew I loved you more than life itself
Then to my knees, and I begged the Lord please
Let me be a good daddy, all he needs
Love, knowledge, discipline too
I pledge my life to you
Just the two of us, we can make it if we try
Just the two of us,
Just the two of us, building castles in the sky
Just the two of us, you and I
Five years old, bringing comedy
Every time I look at you I think man, a little me
Just like me
Wait an see gonna be tall
Makes me laugh cause you got your dad's ears an all
Sometimes I wonder, what you gonna be
A General, a Doctor, maybe a MC
Haha, I wanna kiss you all the time
But I will test that butt when you cut outta line, trudat
Uh-uh-uh why you do that?
I try to be a tough dad, but you be making me laugh
Crazy joy, when I see the eyes of my baby boy
I pledge to you, I will always do
Everything I can
Show you how to be a man
Dignity, integrity, honor and
I don't mind if you lose, long as you came with it
An you can cry, ain't no shame in it
It didn't work out with me an your mom
But yo, push come to shove
You was conceived in love
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So if the world attacks, and you slide off track
Remember one fact, I got your back
Just the two of us, we can make it if we try
Just the two of us,
Just the two of us, building castles in the sky
Just the two of us, you and I
It's a full-time job to be a good dad
You got so much more stuff than I had
I gotta study just to keep with the changin times
101 Dalmations on your CD-ROM
See me-I'm
Trying to pretend I know
On my PC where that CD go
But yo, ain't nothing promised, one day I'll be gone
Feel the strife, but trust life does go on
But just in case
It's my place
To impart
One day some girl's gonna break your heart
And ooh ain't no pain like from the opposite sex
Gonna hurt bad, but don't take it out on the next, son
Throughout life people will make you mad
Disrespect you and treat you bad
Let God deal with the things they do
Cause hate in your heart will consume you too
Always tell the truth, say your prayers
Hold doors, pull out chairs, easy on the swears
You're living proof that dreams come true
I love you and I'm here for you
Just the two of us, we can make it if we try
Just the two of us,
Just the two of us, building castles in the sky
Just the two of us, you and I.
Vocabulary:
Bassinette: ____________________________________________________________
Discipline: ____________________________________________________________
Pledge: ____________________________________________________________
Strife: ____________________________________________________________
Impart: ____________________________________________________________
Consume: ____________________________________________________________
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Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Tuesday, November 23rd
Vocabulary:
splinter: _________________________________________________________
wrinkle: _________________________________________________________
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
UNTIL I SAW THE SEA
by Lilian Moore
Until I saw the sea
I did not know
that wind
could wrinkle water so.
I never knew
that sun
could splinter a whole sea of blue.
Nor
did I know before,
a sea breathes in and out
upon a shore.
Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Monday, November 29th
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
Things
By Eloise Greenfield
Went to the corner
Walked in the store
Bought me some candy
Ain’t got it no more
Ain’t got it no more
Went to the beach
Played on the shore
Built me a sandhouse
Ain’t got it no more
Ain’t got it no more
Went to the kitchen
Lay down on the floor
Made me a poem
Still got it
Still got it
Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Independent Poetry Analysis- Monday, November 29th
Vocabulary:
Repetition: _________________________________________________________
Alliteration: _________________________________________________________
Onomatopoeia: _________________________________________________________
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
SNAP!
By Shel Silverstein
She was opening up her umbrella,
She thought it was going to rain,
When we all heard a snap
Like the clap of a trap
And we never have seen her again.
Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Tuesday, November 30th
Vocabulary:
“back in the saddle”: _______________________________________________________
“front line” : _________________________________________________________
motto: _______________________________________________________________
hesitation: _____________________________________________________________
“paved the way”: __________________________________________________________
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) lyrics
Shakira
You're a good soldier
Choosing your battles
Pick yourself up
And dust yourself off
Get back in the saddle
You're on the front line
Everyone's watching
You know it's serious
We're getting closer
This isn't over
The pressure's on; you feel it
But you got it all; believe it
When you fall, get up, oh oh
And if you fall, get up, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
Cause this is Africa
Tsamina mina eh eh
Waka waka eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa
Listen to your god; this is our motto
Your time to shine
Shakira Waka Waka
Don't wait in line
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Y vamos por todo
People are raising their expectations
Go on and feel it
This is your moment
No hesitation
Today's your day
I feel it
You paved the way,
Believe it
If you get down
Get up oh, oh
When you get down,
Get up eh, eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa
Tsamina mina eh eh
Waka waka eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa aa
Tsamina mina eh eh
Waka waka eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa
Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Wednesday, December 1st
Vocabulary:
fake: _______________________________________________________________
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
New Soul by Yael Naim
I'm a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
I'm a young soul
In this very strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit about what is true and fake
But why all this hate?
Try to communicate
Finding trust and love is not always easy to make
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
This is a happy end
Because you don't understand
Everything you have done
Why's everything so wrong?
This is a happy end
Come and give me your hand
I'll take you far away
I'm a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake
I'm a new soul... (la, la, la, la,...)
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In this very strange world...
Every possible mistake, Possible mistake, Every possible mistake
Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Thursday, December 2nd
Vocabulary:
“against the ropes”: _______________________________________________________
peak: _________________________________________________________________
faith: ________________________________________________________________
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
The World’s Greatest by R. Kelly
I am a mountain, I am a tall tree, ohhhhh…
I am a swift wind sweeping the country.
I am a river, down in the valley, ohhhhhh…
I am a vision, and I can see clearly.
If anybody asks you who I am,
Just stand up tall,
Look them in the face and say…
I'm that star up in the sky!
I'm that mountain peak up high!
Hey, I made it!
I'm the world's greatest!
And I'm that little bit of hope,
When my back's against the ropes.
I can feel it.
I'm the world's greatest!
I am a giant, I am an eagle, ohhhhh…
I am a lion, down in the jungle.
I am a marching band, I am the people, ohhhhh…
I am a helping hand, I am a hero.
If anybody asks you who I am,
Just stand up tall,
Look them in the face and say…
I'm that star up in the sky!
I'm that mountain peak up high!
Hey, I made it!
I'm the world's greatest!
And I'm that little bit of hope,
When my back's against the ropes.
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I can feel it.
I'm the world's greatest.
In the ring of life I'll rain love,
And the world will notice a king.
Where there is darkness, I'll shine a light,
And the wheels of success reflect in me.
I'm that star up in the sky!
I'm that mountain peak up high!
Hey, I made it!
I'm the world's greatest!
And I'm that little bit of hope,
When my back's against the ropes.
I can feel it!
I'm the world's greatest!
I'm that star up in the sky!
I'm that mountain peak up high!
Hey, I made it!
I'm the world's greatest!
And I'm that little bit of hope,
When my back's against the ropes.
I can feel it!
I'm the world's greatest!
I'm that star up in the sky!
I'm that mountain peak up high!
Hey, I made it!
I'm the world's greatest!
And I'm that little bit of hope,
When my back's against the ropes.
I can feel it!
I'm the world's greatest!
It's the greatest…
Can you feel it? It's the greatest…
Can you feel it? It's the greatest…
Can you feel it?
I saw the light,
At the end of a tunnel.
Believe in the pot of gold,
At the end of the rainbow.
And faith was right there…
To pull me through, yeah!
Used to be locked doors,
Now I can just walk on through!
It's the greatest.
I'm that star up in the sky!
I'm that mountain peak up high!
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Hey, I made it!
I'm the world's greatest!
And I'm that little bit of hope,
When my back's against the ropes.
I can feel it!
I'm the world's greatest!
Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Friday, December 3rd
Vocabulary:
Inhibitions: ____________________________________________________________
nation: ________________________________________________________________
rejoice: ________________________________________________________________
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
Lyrics to Waving Flag : (By David Bisbal featuring K'naan)
Give me freedom
Give me fire
Give me reason
Take me higher
See the champions
Take the field now
You define us
Make us feel proud
En las calles muchas manos
levantadas, celebrando
una fiesta sin descanso
los paises como hermanos
Canta y une tu voz
grita fuerte que te escuche el sol
el partido ya va a comenzar
todos juntos vamos a ganar
Unidos!
Seremos grandes,
seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de libertad
que viene y que va
que viene y que va
que viene y que...
When I get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a waving flag
so wave your flag
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Now wave your flag
Now wave your flag
Danos vida
danos fuego
que nos lleve a lo alto
campeones o vencidos
pero unidos a intentarlo
In the streets
our heads out lifting
as we lose our inhibitions
celebration is around us
every nation all around us
Singing forever young
singing songs underneath the sun
let’s rejoice to the beautiful game
and together at the end of day
We all sing:
Seremos grandes,
seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de libertad
que viene y que va
que viene y que va
que viene y que va
que viene y que...
When I get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
so wave your flag
Now wave your flag
Now wave your flag
¡Unidos!
Seremos grandes,
seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de libertad
When I get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a waving flag
so wave your flag
Now wave your flag
Now wave your flag
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Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Monday, December 6th
Vocabulary:
Inhibitions: ____________________________________________________________
nation: ________________________________________________________________
rejoice: ________________________________________________________________
Objective:
We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
Lyrics to Waving Flag : (By David Bisbal featuring K'naan)
Give me freedom
Give me fire
Give me reason
Take me higher
See the champions
Take the field now
You define us
Make us feel proud
En las calles muchas manos
levantadas, celebrando
una fiesta sin descanso
los paises como hermanos
Canta y une tu voz
grita fuerte que te escuche el sol
el partido ya va a comenzar
todos juntos vamos a ganar
Unidos!
Seremos grandes,
seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de libertad
que viene y que va
que viene y que va
que viene y que...
When I get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a waving flag
so wave your flag
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Now wave your flag
Now wave your flag
Danos vida
danos fuego
que nos lleve a lo alto
campeones o vencidos
pero unidos a intentarlo
In the streets
our heads out lifting
as we lose our inhibitions
celebration is around us
every nation all around us
Singing forever young
singing songs underneath the sun
let’s rejoice to the beautiful game
and together at the end of day
We all sing:
Seremos grandes,
seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de libertad
que viene y que va
que viene y que va
que viene y que va
que viene y que...
When I get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
so wave your flag
Now wave your flag
Now wave your flag
¡Unidos!
Seremos grandes,
seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de libertad
When I get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a waving flag
so wave your flag
Now wave your flag
Now wave your flag
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Kind of Poem: ____________________________________________________________
How can you tell? _________________________________________________________
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Does this poem have rhyme? ____
If so, what is the rhyme scheme?
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Does this poem have repetition? ____
If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any alliteration? ____ If so, give an example.
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Does this poem have any onomatopoeia? ____
If so, give an example.
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What kinds of figurative language can be found in this poem?
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Give examples:
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What is the meaning of this poem?
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Poetry Analysis- Wednesday, December 8th
Vocabulary:
stock: ____________________________________________________________
invest: ________________________________________________________________
corporation: ____________________________________________________________
Objective: We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
Hungry Child
Hungry Child
I didn’t make this world for you.
You didn’t buy any stock in my
railroad.
You didn’t invest in my corporation.
Where are your shares in standard
oil?
I made the world for the rich.
And the will-be-rich.
And the have-always-been-rich.
Not for you.
Hungry Child.
Steps To Analyze Poetry
Step 1: Read and re-read the poem.
Step 3: Answer the 5WS.
Who: _____________________________________________
What: ____________________________________________
Where: ___________________________________________
When: ___________________________________________
Why: ____________________________________________
Step 4: Identify figurative language and literary devices.
Figurative Language: (simile, personification, metaphor, hyperbole,
By Langston Hughes
alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery)
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Literary Devices: (tone, mood, point-of-view, theme)
Tone/Mood: ________________________________________________
Point of View: ______________________________________________
Theme: ___________________________________________________
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Step 4: Putting It All Together
In this poem, ______________________________________
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Poetry Analysis- Thursday, December 9th
Vocabulary:
melodies: ____________________________________________________________
Objective: We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
The Dream Keeper
Bring me all of your dreams,
Your dreamers,
Bring me all of your heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.
By Langston Hughes
Steps To Analyze Poetry
Step 1: Read and re-read the poem.
Step 2: Answer the 5WS.
Who: _____________________________________________
What: ____________________________________________
Where: ___________________________________________
When: ___________________________________________
Why: ____________________________________________
Step 3: Identify figurative language and literary devices.
Figurative Language: (simile, personification, metaphor, hyperbole,
alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery)
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Literary Devices: (tone, mood, point-of-view, theme)
Tone/Mood: ________________________________________________
Point of View: ______________________________________________
Theme: ___________________________________________________
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Step 4: Putting It All Together
In this poem, ______________________________________
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Poetry Analysis- Friday, December 10th
Vocabulary:
ashamed: ____________________________________________________________
invest: ________________________________________________________________
corporation: ____________________________________________________________
Objective: We will read poetry and analyze its structures, messages and figurative language.
I, Too
Steps To Analyze Poetry
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the Kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed…
By Langston Hughes
Step 1: Read and re-read the poem.
Step 2: Answer the 5WS.
Who: _____________________________________________
What: ____________________________________________
Where: ___________________________________________
When: ___________________________________________
Why: ____________________________________________
Step 3: Identify figurative language and literary devices.
Figurative Language: (simile, personification, metaphor, hyperbole,
alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery)
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Literary Devices: (tone, mood, point-of-view, theme)
Tone/Mood: ________________________________________________
Point of View: ______________________________________________
Theme: ___________________________________________________
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Step 4: Putting It All Together
In this poem, ______________________________________
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Independent Work: Friday, December 10th
When analyzing poetry, your goal is to determine what the speaker was trying to say with his or her
words. Here are questions about each poem we read today. Look back to your work and see if you
can answer them.
1. What is Langston Hughes’ message in Hungry Child?
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2. In The Dream Keeper Langston Hughes writes, “Away from the too-rough fingers of the world”.
What did he mean by that? Give an example of “too-rough fingers of the world”.
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3. In I, Too how does the narrator’s feelings about the future compare or contrast to his/her feelings
about his/her current situation. Explain.
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THE LORAX
At the far end of town
where the Grickle-grass grows
and the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows
and no birds ever sing excepting old crows...
is the Street of the Lifted Lorax.
And deep in the Grickle-grass, some people say,
if you look deep enough you can still see, today,
where the Lorax once stood
just as long as it could
before somebody lifted the Lorax away.
What was the Lorax?
And why was it there?
And why was it lifted and taken somewhere
from the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows?
The old Once-ler still lives here.
Ask him. He knows.
You won't see the Once-ler.
Don't knock at his door.
He stays in his Lerkim on top of his store.
He lurks in his Lerkim, cold under the roof,
where he makes his own clothes
out of miff-muffered moof.
And on special dank midnights in August,
he peeks
out of the shutters
and sometimes he speaks
and tells how the Lorax was lifted away.
He'll tell you, perhaps...
if you're willing to pay.
On the end of a rope
he lets down a tin pail
and you have to toss in fifteen cents
and a nail
and the shell of a great-great-greatgrandfather snail.
Then he pulls up the pail,
makes a most careful count
to see if you've paid him
the proper amount.
Then he hides what you paid him
away in his Snuvv,
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his secret strange hole
in his gruvvulous glove.
Then he grunts, "I will call you by Whisper-ma-Phone,
for the secrets I tell you are for your ears alone."
SLUPP!
Down slupps the Whisper-ma-Phone to your ear
and the old Once-ler's whispers are not very clear,
since they have to come down
through a snergelly hose,
and he sounds
as if he had
smallish bees up his nose.
"Now I'll tell you,"he says, with his teeth sounding gray,
"how the Lorax got lifted and taken away...
It all started way back...
such a long, long time back...
Way back in the days when the grass was still green
and the pond was still wet
and the clouds were still clean,
and the song of the Swomee-Swans rang out in space...
one morning, I came to this glorious place.
And I first saw the trees!
The Truffula Trees!
The bright-colored tufts of the Truffula Trees!
Mile after mile in the fresh morning breeze.
And, under the trees, I saw Brown Bar-ba-loots
frisking about in their Bar-ba-loot suits
as they played in the shade and ate Truffula fruits.
From the rippulous pond
came the comfortable sound
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of the Humming-Fish humming
while splashing around.
But those trees! Those trees!
Those Truffula Trees!
All my life I'd been searching
for trees such as these.
The touch of their tufts
was much softer than silk.
And they had the sweet smell
of fresh butterfly milk.
I felt a great leaping
of joy in my heart.
I knew just what I'd do!
I unloaded my cart.
In no time at all, I had built a small shop.
Then I chopped down a Truffula Tree with one chop.
And with great skillful skill and with great speedy speed,
I took the soft tuft, and I knitted a Thneed!
The instant I'd finished, I heard a ga-Zump!
I looked.
I saw something pop out of the stump
of the tree I'd chopped down. It was sort of a man.
Describe him?... That's hard. I don't know if I can.
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He was shortish. And oldish.
And brownish. And mossy.
And he spoke with a voice
that was sharpish and bossy.
"Mister!" he said with a sawdusty sneeze,
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.
I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.
And I'm asking you, sir, at the top if my lungs"he was very upset as he shouted and puffed"What's that THING you've made out of my Truffula tuft?"
"Look, Lorax," I said."There's no cause for alarm.
I chopped just one tree. I am doing no harm.
I'm being quite useful. This thing is a Thneed.
A Thneed's a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need!
It's a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove, It's a hat.
But it has other uses. Yes, far beyond that.
You can use it for carpets. For pillows! For sheets!
Or curtains! Or covers for bicycle seats!"
The Lorax said,
"Sir! You are crazy with greed.
There is no one on earth
who would buy that fool Thneed!"
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But the very next minute I proved he was wrong.
For, just at that minute, a chap came along,
and he thought the Thneed I had knitted was great.
He happily bought it for three ninety-eight
I laughed at the Lorax, "You poor stupid guy!
You never can tell what some people will buy."
"I repeat," cried the Lorax,
"I speak for the trees!"
"I'm busy," I told him.
"Shut up, if you please."
I rushed 'cross the room, and in no time at all,
built a radio-phone. I put in a quick call.
I called all my brothers and uncles and aunts
and I said, "Listen here! Here's a wonderful chance
for the whole Once-ler Family to get mighty rich!
Get over here fast! Take the road to North Nitch.
Turn left at Weehawken. Sharp right at South Stitch."
And, in no time at all,
in the factory I built,
the whole Once-ler Family
was working full tilt.
We were all knitting Thneeds
just as busy as bees,
to the sound of the chopping
of Truffula Trees.
Then...
Oh! Baby! Oh!
How my business did grow!
Now, chopping one tree
at a time
was too slow.
So I quickly invented my Super-Axe-Hacker
which whacked off four Truffula Trees at one smacker.
We were making Thneeds
four times as fast as before!
And that Lorax?...
He didn't show up any more.
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But the next week
he knocked
on my new office door.
He snapped, "I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees
which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please.
But I'm also in charge of the Brown Bar-ba-loots
who played in the shade in their Bar-ba-loot suits
and happily lived, eating Truffula Fruits.
"NOW... thanks to your hacking my trees to the ground,
there's not enough Truffula Fruit to go 'round.
And my poor Bar-ba-loots are all getting the crummies
because they have gas, and no food, in their tummies!
"They loved living here. But I can't let them stay.
They'll have to find food. And I hope that they may.
Good luck, boys," he cried. And he sent them away.
I, the old Once-ler, felt sad
as I watched them all go.
BUT...
business is business!
And business must grow
regardless of crummies in tummies, you know.
I meant no harm. I most truly did not.
But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.
I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads.
I biggered my wagons. I biggered the loads
of the Thneeds I shipped out. I was shipping them forth
to the South! To the East! To the West! To the North!
I went right on biggering... selling more Thneeds.
And I biggered my money, which everyone needs.
Then again he came back! I was fixing some pipes
when that old-nuisance Lorax came back with more gripes.
"I am the Lorax," he coughed and he whiffed.
He sneezed and he snuffled. He snarggled. He sniffed.
"Once-ler!" he cried with a cruffulous croak.
"Once-ler! You're making such smogulous smoke!
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My poor Swomee-Swans... why, they can't sing a note!
No one can sing who has smog in his throat.
"And so," said the Lorax,
"-please pardon my coughthey cannot live here.
So I'm sending them off.
"Where will they go?...
I don't hopefully know.
They may have to fly for a month... or a year...
To escape from the smog you've smogged up around here.
"What's more," snapped the Lorax. (His dander was up.)
"Let me say a few words about Gluppity-Glupp.
Your machine chugs on, day and night without stop
making Gluppity-Glupp. Also Schloppity-Schlopp.
And what do you do with this leftover goo?...
I'll show you. You dirty old Once-ler man, you!
"You're glumping the pond where the Humming-Fish hummed!
No more can they hum, for their gills are all gummed.
So I'm sending them off. Oh, their future is dreary.
They'll walk on their fins and get woefully weary
in search of some water that isn't so smeary."
And then I got mad.
I got terribly mad.
I yelled at the Lorax, "Now listen here, Dad!
All you do is yap-yap and say, 'Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad!'
Well, I have my rights, sir, and I'm telling you
I intend to go on doing just what I do!
And, for your information, you Lorax, I'm figgering
On biggering
and BIGGERING
BIGGERING
BIGGERING,
and
and
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turning MORE Truffula Trees into Thneeds
which everyone, EVERYONE, EVERYONE needs!"
And at that very moment, we heard a loud whack!
From outside in the fields came a sickening smack
of an axe on a tree. Then we heard the tree fall.
The very last Truffula Tree of them all!
No more trees. No more Thneeds. No more work to be done.
So, in no time, my uncles and aunts, every one,
all waved me good-bye. They jumped into my cars
and drove away under the smoke-smuggered stars.
Now all that was left 'neath the bad smelling-sky
was my big empty factory...
the Lorax...
and I.
The Lorax said nothing. Just gave me a glance...
just gave me a very sad, sad backward glance...
as he lifted himself by the seat of his pants.
And I'll never forget the grim look on his face
when he heisted himself and took leave of this place,
through a hole in the smog, without leaving a trace.
And all that the Lorax left here in this mess
was a small pile of rocks, with one word...
"UNLESS."
Whatever that meant, well, I just couldn't guess.
That was long, long ago.
But each day since that day
I've sat here and worried
and worried away.
Through the years, while my buildings
have fallen apart,
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I've worried about it
with all of my heart.
"But now," says the Once-ler,
"Now that you're here,
the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear.
UNLESS someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It's not.
"SO...
Catch!" calls the Once-ler.
He lets something fall.
"It's a Truffula Seed.
It's the last one of all!
You're in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds.
And Truffula Trees are what everyone needs.
Plant a new Truffula.Treat it with care.
Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air.
Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack.
Then the Lorax
and all of his friends
may come back."
~Dr. Seuss
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The Lorax Reading Guide
Poetry: Find at least 5 examples of each.
Words that rhyme: (Ex: grows & blows)
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Examples of Alliteration: (Ex: Lifted Lorax)
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Examples of sensory details: (the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows)
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Examples of onomatopoeia: (Example: SLUPP!)
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Comprehension Skills and Strategies
Context Clues: Use context clues to define unknown or made up words from
the story. (Example: Grickle-grass: An ugly plant)
Lerkim: _______________________________________________________
Miff-muffered moof: _____________________________________________
Snuvv: ________________________________________________________
Whisper-ma-phone: _____________________________________________
Snergelly: _____________________________________________________
Swomee-Swan: _________________________________________________
Truffula: ______________________________________________________
Bar-ba-loots: __________________________________________________
Rippulous: _____________________________________________________
Thneed: ________________________________________________________
Lorax: ________________________________________________________
Hacking: _____________________________________________________
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Gripes: ______________________________________________________
Smog: _________________________________________________________
Glumping: _____________________________________________________
Dreary: ________________________________________________________
Weary: _________________________________________________________
Heisted: ________________________________________________________
Predictions:
Page 1: What do you think the Lorax was?
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Page 3: What do you predict the Once-ler will do?
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Page 4: What do you think will happen next?
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Page 6: What will happen now that all the truffula trees have been cut down?
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Author’s Purpose: Why did Dr. Seuss write “The Lorax”? Write in complete
sentences and cite information from the text to support your answer.
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Visualizations: Pick a sentence or stanza that you can really picture in your
mind. Draw it on a separate sheet of paper.
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Making Connections: Make a connection between “The Lorax” and another
book you have read, movie you’ve seen, or experience you’ve had.
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Comparing and Contrasting Books and Movies
How are the book and the movie alike?
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How are they different?
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