Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze a poem/song and conduct research in order to improve comprehensive skills.

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Analyzing Figurative Language

Personification is when something that is not human is given human qualities."I get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightening bugs" is an example from the song Fireflies. The artist uses personification to create an image. The image that he creates is that he is surrounded by so many fireflies it is like they are hugging him.

November 26-Dec 3 - Figurative Language Project

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze a poem/song and conduct research in order to improve comprehensive skills.

DO NOW - 

Read the following lines from Seven Ages of Man

"Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."

How does the figurative language in these two lines help to communicate an idea? 

Direct Instruction

Poetry/Song Project you will have four full classes to complete this project. You may also work on it at home if you need more time. 

You will create a figurative language google slides presentation - 8 slides outlined below. You will be graded on accuracy, creativity, verbal and physical presentation and completion of each section. A rubric will be provided for the presentation.

CHOOSE A SONG OR POEM THAT HAS:
1.  A CLEAR THEME (MESSAGE)
2. AT LEAST THREE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED USES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

If you want to choose a poem, the following site has many options broken down by theme - click here - poetry.org

For Songs - here are two great sites with a  good variety and will help you analyze - site 1 - site 2

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 Each of the below should be on a slide for your presentation:

Slide 1 - COVER Slide (5 points)

Title of the song or poem with the author and images.

Slide 2

1.(10 points):
A -  clearly identify the theme
B - identify at least three kinds of figurative language (just list them at this point)

Slide 3 (30 points)
   Specifically identify the 3 lines using figurative language in the song or poem and explain how each creates an image or emphasizes a point  (cannot use profanity)

Slide 4 (10 points)

Summarize the song or poem in your own words in 5-8 sentences. 

Slide 5 ( 10 points)

 Choose ONE line from the song or poem that conveys the theme and explain if it has any personal significance. 

Slide 6 (15 points)
Research the artist / author and the purpose of this song/poem and provide a short biography for him/her.

Slide 7 (10 points)

Create a collage using pictures (4-6) that emphasizes the theme of the song/ poem. (20 points)

Slide 8 (10 points)
Explain how the song / poem overall has influenced you (make a personal connection).   3-5 sentences.  

This is an in class project, however, if you need more time, you should work on it at home as well. Extra credit will be given to students that present.

Thursday & Friday - Seven Ages of Man

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze figurative language in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.


DO NOW

In three to five sentences, explain how "All the World's a stage" is a metaphor for life. 

Guiding notes
So you are going to compare what happens on a stage during a play to what happens in life with people. 
Think about what "exits" and "entrances" are in a play and then what are they in life? 
Think about "playing a part" in a play and playing a part in life.

Direct Instruction

How does an author use figurative language to communicate an idea? 
When an author uses figurative language, he wants to create a picture in your mind or emphasize a point. 
For example:

Line 8 - "Creeping like snail..." - Shakespeare is using a simile to communicate an idea. The idea is that the boy does not want to go to school. A snail moves very slowly. The boy is walking so slowly, like he doesn't want to ever get there. The simile helps the reader visualize how slowly the boy is moving.

You do this one:

Line 28 - "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything"

The author uses ____________________ in order to communicate an idea. The idea he wants to communicate is that ____________________ . The _______________ helps the reader visualize that___________________________. 


Direct Instruction

Review the poem, Seven Ages of Man. View the visual representation again.


Answer the following questions and provide textual evidence for each for the Seven Ages of Man..

1. What are the stages of life being compared to? (what is the extended metaphor). Provide textual evidence.
2. Briefly describe each stage of life. Provide textual evidence.
3. Which stages of life are described with positive connotations? Which ones have negative connotations? Provide textual evidence.4. What is Shakespeare's overall tone? So how might you describe his feeling about life overall? Provide textual evidence.

CRQ

How does Shakespeare use figurative language to communicate  ideas about the stages of life?

Tuesday & Wednesday - November 13 & 14 - Seven Ages of Man

Objective: By the ned of class, students will analyze poetic devices in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

Write the definition below into notebooks:

EXTENDED METAPHOR
The term “extended metaphor” refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem.

Direct Instruction

Authors use figurative language to communicate an idea. Thy want you to be able to create a picture in your mind. Similes and metaphors create visual pictures, alliteration and repetition create emphasis, etc. 

Read and analyze Seven Ages of Man - Shakespeare

It is an extended metaphor - What are the stages of life being compared to??

Identify and find:
1. 3 similes
2. 3 examples of alliteration
Complete graphic organizer provided according to directions.

Then, in prose form:

Choose one of the stages of life that you relate to the most. Discuss / explain the metaphor for this stage. Explain the images created by figurative language for this stage of life. Then, evaluate (provide your opinion based on information provided) - what is the most important stage of life and why?

Friday, November 9 - Figurative Language Review

Objective: By the ned of class, students will review figurative language in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW






Figurative Language jeopardy

Wednesday & Thursday - November 7 & 8 - Figurative Language - Seven Ages of Man

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze author's use of figurative language in poetry in order to create images for the reader.

DO NOW - write definition of figurative language into notebooks

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE uses words that do not have normal, literal, everyday meaning.Certain literary devices—such as similes, metaphors, and personification—can help create word pictures for the reader. 


Direct Instruction

video on reviewing figurative language

Video review of figurative language. - Airplanes

hyperboles

allusions

WHY do authors use figurative language? (What is the purpose? What does it help the reader do?) When writers use figurative language, they are more likely to engage their readers and make their argument more convincing or their story more interesting.


Direct Instruction

Read and analyze Seven Ages of Man - Shakespeare

It is an extended metaphor - What are the stages of life being compared to??

Complete graphic organizer provided according to directions.

Then, in prose form:

Choose one of the stages of life that you relate to the most. Discuss / explain the metaphor for this stage. Explain the images created by figurative language for this stage of life. Then, evaluate (provide your opinion based on information provided) - what is the most important stage of life and why?