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Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of
rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific
verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
* Learning Targets
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Students will identify examples of rhymes and
other repetitions of sounds, including alliteration,
on a: specific verse or stanza of a poem
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Students will analyze the impact of rhymes
and other repetitions of sounds, including
alliteration, on a: specific verse or stanza of a poem
Students will explain the meaning of a poem
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* Bell ringers
* Write down 5 things about Poetry
* Define a haiku and tell the deference between a
haiku and a concrete poem
* CATS practice page 533 1-4
* Textbook page 161
* Define onomatopoeia and provide an example
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* Concrete poem
* Personification
* Onomatopoeia
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* Things by Eloise Greenfield
* Ham n Eggs by A Tribe Called Quest
Discuss the purpose and describe your
reaction
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* Read the The Rider by Nye, Seal by Smith, and
Haiku by Buson
* Create a chart for poetic form; haiku, concrete
and lyric
* Define each using text book and power point
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* Read out loud Winter by Giovanni, Solt by
Ellen, and haiku by Basho
* How are these three poems similar?
* Name one important element of nature in each
of the three haiku
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* Read out loud Loo-Wit by Wendy Rose and Life
by Madgett
* List three details that lead to the conclusion for
Life:
* The speaker believes that people lose interest in
life as they grow older
* Give three personification in Loo-Wit
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* Daily activities
* Activities
* Draw a picture that corresponds to your favorite poem
* Figurative language
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Complete pages 150, 153,154 and 158 in student
workbook
* Figurative language using Winter by Giovanni, Solt by Ellen,
and haiku by Basho
* Complete pages 163, 164
* Figurative language using personification and simile
* Complete page 9 and 10 from Poetry Writing
* Sound Devices and Vocabulary building: Page 176-177
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* Notes on personification
* Read Loo-Wit and Life
* In Life give three examples of how people lose
interest in life as they age
* In Loo-Wit give three examples personification
* Group activity for poetic devices
* http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurativelanguage-worksheets/poetic-devices-illustrationproject.pdf
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* 1. Note taking from power point on poetic
devices
* http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurativ
e-language/poetic-devices/poetic-devicesactivities/
* 2. Do you think these poems are meaning for
people your age? Share responses with a
partner
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Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of
Analyze
howrepetitions
a poem’s form
or structure
contributes to
rhymes
and other
of sounds
(e.g., alliteration)
on its
a specific
verse meaning.
or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
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Students will explain the meaning of a poem
* Read Weather by Merriam
* Which sound devices does the poet use in the last
stanza?
* Paraphrase Weather
* http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurativ
e-language-worksheets/identifying-poeticdevices.pdf questions 1-5
* Make your own tongue twister
* List three items that remind you of water
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* Read Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would Not
Take the Garbage Out by Silverstein and One by
Berry
* Paraphrase the poem
* If Sarah could dedicate just five minutes a day
to..
* Note taking from 7th grade Poetry Unit
* www.phschool.com web code ema-607
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* Read out loud Full Fathom Five
* Paraphrase
* Note taking on Sonnets 7th grade Poetry Unit
* Complete question 2 on page 590 in text
* Examples:
* http://www.alterpet.org/pet_poems.htm
* Create your own poem in the style of your
favorite pet
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* Sonnet
* Use for note taking and reading
* http://www.funny-poems-for-free.com/funny-sonnetpoems.html
* Read out loud Sonnet 130 My Mistress Eyes http://www.love-
poems.me.uk/shakespeare_sonnet_130_mistress_eyes.htm
* Activity
* Respond to http://www.lovepoems.me.uk/shakespeare_sonnet_18_shall_i_compare_thee
_to_a_summers_day.htm
* Draw a picture based on the description of the man’s
mistress
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* Ciits test on poetry
* Benchmark diagnostic test on poetry
* Write a poem
* Label the style
* Use two poetic devices
* Illustrate
* Example
* http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/shel_silve
rstein/poems/14818
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