Tuesday, December 9 - POETRY

Objective: by the end of class, students will identify poetic devices and analyze author's purpose  in order to distinguish between elements of fiction, non-fiction and poetry and prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW
IMAGERY appeals to the senses. Describe ONE favorite thing (a car, ice cream, chicken, the ocean, etc) using ALL FIVE SENSES (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell). 

Example:
The OCEAN
The ocean looks different all the time, expressing itself angrily sometimes with crashing waves, but other times looking peaceful wit ha soft rippling tide.
It smells clean and fresh as the wind blows over the sea to the shore.
The sound of the waves crashing and then subsiding is meditative and calming.
The ocean tastes salty and feels refreshing on a hot summer day.

Direct Instruction
locabulary - figuartive language

Guided

A Dream Deferred - Langston Hughes - 
1. Read several times
2. Annotate for poetic devices
3. Summarize in your own words
Remember to break down poems LINE by LINE...try to summarize each line by explaining what it may mean in your own words. 
4. Does this poem have a negative or positive tone?
5. What is the theme of this poem (the message Hughes is trying to deliver)
6. Answer questions on handout.

Independent
Constructed Response:
Analyze how Langston Hughes uses specific poetic devices to create imagery in "A Dream Deferred." Evaluate it's effectiveness on the reader (how does it make the reader feel) and how it demonstrates what happens to a "dream deferred."

Check for understanding
Check students individual constructed responses

Closure 
Use soft holt reader  - page 304 to review and contniue to work on imagery and allusions.

Exit Pass
What are some characteristics of poetry that you do not have in a news article or even a short fictional story?