Do Now (5 min)
What has the theme of
your week been?
In other words, what has
been the central idea or
central topic of your week?
Exploring Theme
Activity 3.10
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Agenda
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Do Now (5 min)
Objectives (2 min)
TPCASTT Explained (Title-Prediction) (5 min)
Read Hanging Fire and Fill-Out the KWL Chart (10
min)
1. Pair-Share your KWL Chart (2 min)
5. Apply TPCASTT (Finish Sheet) (10 min)
6. What is Hanging Fire about? (5 min)
7. The theme in Hanging Fire (5 min)
8. Write response to p. 221 prompt (10 min)
9. Closing (1 min)
10.Exit Slip (2 min)
11.Participation Grades (3 min)
Objectives (2 min)
Content (The knowledge you’ll master
today)
SWBAT:
1. Analyze a poem to identify the theme
2. Explain the theme of a poem
Language (How you will master the
knowledge)
By:
1. Using the TPCASTT Method
2. Outlining and writing a response to a prompt
TPCASTT Explained (Title-Prediction) (5 min)
Objective: SWBAT: Analyze a poem to identify the theme by using the TPCASTT
method
Title
Paraphrase
Make
a prediction. What do
Connotation
Restate
the main ideas of
Attitude
you
think
the title means
What
words/phrases
Shift
the
poem
in speaker’s
your own
Theme
Titleyou
revisited
Describe
the
before
read
the
suggest
beyond
literal
Describe
wheretheir
thepoem.
poem
words.
What
Re-examine
do you
think
the
title.
is theWhat
attitude.
Use
specific
meaning.
idea/feeling
appears toThe
shift,
either in a
underlying
do you
think
message
it means
about
now
adjectives
(descriptive
word
causes
in your
subject,
speaker,
or mind.
tone.
life
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context
inof
this
the
poem?
poem?
words)
describe
your
ideas.
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Read Hanging Fire and Fill-Out the KWL Chart (10 min)
Objective: SWBAT: Analyze a poem to identify the theme by using the TPCASTT
method
Pair-Share your KWL Chart (2 min)
Objective: SWBAT: Analyze a poem to identify the theme by using the TPCASTT
method
Apply TPCASTT (Finish Sheet) (10 min)
Objective: SWBAT: Analyze a poem to identify the theme by using the TPCASTT
method
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The theme in Hanging Fire (5 min)
Objective: SWBAT: Analyze a poem to identify the theme by using the TPCASTT
method
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What is Hanging Fire about? (5 min)
Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor
by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity.
Write response to p. 221 prompt (10 min)
Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the function and effect of an extended metaphor
by reading, discussing and notating the poem Identity.
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Closing (1 min)
Did you master the following objectives?
Content (The knowledge you’ll master
today)
SWBAT:
1. Analyze a poem to identify the theme
2. Explain the theme of a poem
Language (How you will master the
knowledge)
By:
1. Using the TPCASTT Method
2. Outlining and writing a response to a prompt
Exit Slip (3 min)
What was the theme of Nikki Rosa?
***Remember Nikki Rosa was the
poem where Nikki Giovanni said that
even though she had a tough
childhood, “All the while I was quite
happy”***
Possible Themes:
Combating Racism
Overcoming Stereotypes
The “Black Experience”
SMART (Participation) Grade (5 min)
Each day YOU will decide the grade you deserve.*
Your 5-point daily participation grade is based on CLA’s core-values:
CLA Students are S.M.A.R.T.
S = Self-Controlled
M = Motivated
A = Accountable
R = Respectful
T = Timely
What do you deserve today?
*One point for each core-value (5 points possible each day). I reserve the right to change these
grades.