Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze poems and identify figurative language in order to improve reading comprehension and writing skills.
DO NOW
Identify the poetic device used in the following line - "I came in like a wrecking ball" and then change it into a metaphor
Direct Instruction
Figurative language - powerpoint
IDENTIFY POWERPOINT
Read introduction to figurative language on handout.
Guided Practice
A Dream Deferred / practice
Read Poem together - MIRROR - identify devices and answer questons
Independent
Handout - identify devices and provide reasoning
Closure
Review Answers
Exit Pass
Change the following line into a metaphor:
But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
How does repetition in the following line enhance (strengthen) the message:
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
HW - bring in lyrics to a song that has figurative language
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