Poetry Unit
6th Grade
Language Arts
Mrs. Frantz
Today’s goals
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2/24/14
Bell Ringer #48
Strive for Five – 5 Days!
Finish Comparing & Contrasting Stories WS
Review Adverbs Modifying Other
Adverbs Notes
Positions of Adverbs Notes
SCHOLASTIC ORDERS – DUE WED!
• Ex.: The parking lot fills so rapidly.
The adverb so modifies the adverb rapidly, which ends
with the suffix –ly. The adverb rapidly modifies the
verb fills.
• Ex.: He can finish a book very quickly.
The adverb very modifies the adverb quickly, which ends
in –ly. The adverb quickly modifies the verb phrase
can finish.
• Adverbs may come before, after, or between the
words they modify
• Ex: Quietly, she will tiptoe from the stage.
She will quietly tiptoe from the stage.
She will tiptoe quietly from the stage.
Today’s goals
2/25/14
Bell Ringer #49
o Strive for Five – 4 Days!
o SAR Time - 15 Minutes
o Review Positions of Adverbs Notes
o Begin Adverbs Packet
o Start “The Highwayman”
Literary Devices
SCHOLASTIC ORDERS – DUE TOMORROW!
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Narrative Poetry •It is a poem that tells a story.
•Have several characters
•Describes a conflict
•Have a resolution to the conflict
•Longer than other
poems
*Alliteration - A sound device in which the
beginning sound or sounds in a group of
words are repeated
Ex: She sells seashells by the seashore
*Imagery –
•Words a writer uses to create a picture in the
reader’s mind.
•Based on the five senses (taste, touch, smell,
sight, hearing)
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2/26/14
Bell Ringer #NONE – SUBSTITUTE LESSON/
HEAT TRAINING
Strive for Five – 3 Days!
Continue Adverbs Packet
How to Read Poetry
Continue “The Highwayman” Literary Devices
Start “The Highwayman” Vocabulary
*Onomatopoeia - words that imitate the
sounds associated with the objects or actions
they refer to, allowing a reader to hear and
picture the image easier
Ex: creak, squeak, hiss, whistle
*Personification – when an lifeless object is
given human qualities or abilities
Ex: the sun danced, the rain pounded,
the old car groaned
Theme •An observation about people
• Ex: how we treat each other or ourselves
•The point of view a writer wishes to express
about a topic (Ex: love, death, relationships)
•How to find theme:
1) Ask: What is the topic?
2) How does the writer feel about (the topic)?
3) The answer to the question is the theme.
Today’s goals
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2/27/14
Bell Ringer #50
Strive for Five – DUE TOMORROW!
SAR - 15 Minutes
Continue Adverbs Packet – Test NEXT Wednesday
Review “The Highwayman” Literary Devices
Today’s goals
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2/28/14
Bell Ringer #51
Strive for Five TODAY – SAR - 25 Minutes
Continue Adverbs Packet – Test NEXT Wednesday
Finish “The Highwayman” Literary Devices
Third Person Omniscient - the narrator (not
involved in the story) can tell what is going on
in the minds of all characters
*Simile - is a comparison of two unlike objects
using like or as.
Ex: His feet are as big as boats. Feet and
boats are being compared.
*Metaphor - a comparison that states that one
thing is something else, does NOT use like or
as to make the comparison.
Example: Her hair is silk. Hair and silk are
being compared.
*Rhyme - The similarity or likeness of sound
existing between two words.
Example: “sat” and “cat”
*Repetition – when a word/phrase, idea,
object appears multiple times
Today’s goals
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3/3/14
Bell Ringer #NONE – SUBSTITUTE
o Sick Day/Doctor’s Appt.
SAR Point Deadline – March 14th, 11 Days!
Complete New Adverbs Packet – Test THIS
Wednesday
Go over “The Highwayman” Vocabulary
Review How to Read Poetry
Homework: Begin studying for Wednesday’s
Adverbs Test
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3/4/14
Bell Ringer #52
SAR Point Deadline – March 14th, 10 Days!
Adverbs Questions? – Test TOMORROW
“The Highwayman”/How to Read Poetry Steps
Homework: Studying for Tomorrow’s Adverbs
Test
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3/5/14
Bell Ringer #53
SAR Point Deadline – March 14th, 9 Days!
Adverbs Test – SAR Time/Conferencing Until
Everyone Finishes!
Finish “The Highwayman”/How to Read Poetry
Steps
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3/6/14
Bell Ringer #NONE
SAR Point Deadline – March 14th, 8 Days!
Study Island/SAR Reading Time/Conferencing
“Highwayman” Discussion Questions #1-5
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Study Island – 30 Questions, check the following
topics ONLY:
o Synonyms and Antonyms
o Context Clues
o Character
o Setting
o Plot
o Theme
o Figurative Language
o Point of View
Today’s goals
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3/7/14
Bell Ringer #54
SAR Point Deadline – March 14th, 8 Days!
SAR Time – 15 Minutes
Finish “The Highwayman” Discussion Questions
Start “Windy Nights” Poem
Homework: READ – SAR Deadline
NEXT Friday!!!
Today’s goals
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3/10/14
Bell Ringer #55
SAR Point Deadline – March 14th, 4 Days!
Finish “Windy Nights” Poem & Discussion Questions
Start PSSA Review Packet
SAR Time – 20 Minutes
Homework: READ – SAR Deadline
THIS Friday!!!
Today’s goals
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3/11/14
Bell Ringer #56
SAR Point Deadline – March 14th, 3 Days!
Continue PSSA Review Packet
POETRY TEST – next Monday!
“Maggie & Millie & Molly & May” Poem
SAR Time – 15 Minutes
Homework: READ – SAR Deadline
THIS Friday!!!
Today’s goals
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3/12/14
Bell Ringer #57
SAR Point Deadline – March 14th, 2 Days!
Poetry Test Part I - Monday
Finish “Maggie & Milly & Molly & May” Poem &
Discussion Questions
Continue PSSA Review
Packet
SAR Time – 15 Minutes
Homework: READ – SAR Deadline
THIS Friday!!!
Today’s goals
3/13/14
Bell Ringer #58
o SAR Point Deadline – DUE TOMORROW
o Poetry Test Part I - Monday
o SAR Time – 15 Minutes
o PSSA Review Packet
o Begin “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Homework: READ – SAR Deadline
TOMORROW!!!
Begin studying for Monday’s
Poetry Test.
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Allusion - a reference to something/someone,
often in literature or history.
Example: “Use the force” to help a friend
finish something challenging. This would
be alluding to Star Wars.
*Rhyme Scheme 1) Looking at the last word of the first line of the poem.
Assign it the letter "a".
2) Look at the last word of the second line. If it rhymes
with the last word in the first line it is also assigned an
"a".
3) If it does NOT rhyme, assign it a "b".
4) Continue looking at the last word of each line and
assigning letters to each.
5) When you are finished, all the lines with "a" should
rhyme, all the lines with "b" should rhyme and so on.
*Rhyme Scheme Example:
Roses are red, A
Violets are blue, B
Sugar is sweet, C
And so are you. B
Today’s goals
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3/14/14
Bell Ringer #59
SAR Point Deadline – TODAY! 20 Minutes to Finish Up!
Finish “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Homework:
Study for Monday’s
Poetry Test.
Today’s goals
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3/17/14
Bell Ringer #45 – Add new Packets to Folders!
Poetry Test Part I
Begin “We Are Seven” Poem
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3/18/14
Bell Ringer #NONE
Library – Pick out new SAR book
Updated PSSA Scoring Guidelines
PSSA Review Packet – Finish and turn in!
Finish “We Are Seven” Poem
Today’s goals
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Bell Ringer #46
Finish “We Are Seven”
New PSSA Practice Packet
Late/Makeup Work – Due by
Next Tuesday, March 25th
New SAR Book – Approved
By March 31st
3/19/14
Today’s goals
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3/20/14
Bell Ringer #47
Continue PSSA Practice Packet
“What are Heavy,” “Dreams,” and “I’m Nobody, Who
are You?”
Late/Makeup Work – Due by
Next Tuesday, March 25th
New SAR Book – Approved
By March 31st
Today’s goals
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3/21/14
Bell Ringer #48
Continue PSSA Practice Packet
“What are Heavy,” “Dreams,” and “I’m Nobody, Who
are You?”
Late/Makeup Work – Due by Next Tuesday, March 25th
New SAR Book – Approved
By March 31st
Today’s goals
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3/24/14
Bell Ringer #SICK DAY
Continue PSSA Practice Packet
Finish “Dreams,” and “I’m Nobody, Who are You?”
Late/Makeup Work – Due by TOMORROW!
New SAR Book – Approved By March 31st
HOMEWORK: Start PSSAs off right! Get a good
night’s sleep and eat breakfast! Come prepared with
SAR book, two pencils, and leave electronic devices
in your lockers!
Today’s goals
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3/25/14
Bell Ringer #49
Finish “Dreams” – SKIPPING Dickinson Poem
“What If”
Late/Makeup Work – Due by TOMORROW!
New SAR Book – Approved By March 31st
HOMEWORK: Get a good night’s
sleep and eat breakfast for tomorrow’s
Reading PSSA!
Today’s goals
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3/25/14
Bell Ringer #50
Poetry Rubric
Late/Makeup Work – Due by TODAY!
New SAR Book – Approved By March 31st
Today’s goals
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3/26/14
Bell Ringer #51
Review Poetry Rubric
Begin Writing “What If” Poems
New SAR Book – Approved By March 31st
HOMEWORK: Get a good night’s sleep and eat
breakfast for tomorrow’s PSSA!
Today’s goals
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3/27/14
Bell Ringer #52
Finish Writing “What If” Poems
Begin Volcano Book
New SAR Book – Approved By Monday
HOMEWORK: Practice reading your poetry for
tomorrow’s coffeehouse!
Today’s goals
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3/28/14
Bell Ringer #53
Volcano Book
Poetry Coffeehouse
New SAR Book – Approved By Monday
HOMEWORK: Practice reading your poetry for
tomorrow’s coffeehouse!