Thursday, Sept 5 - I AM and Analyze Excerpts from House on Mango Street

Objective: By the end of class, students will practice vocabulary and analyze themes from House on Mango Street in order to improve reading comprehensive skills and make text to self connections. 

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Vocabulary Quiz

Direct Instruction

Distribute HOMS books. 

Quick Review of some types of figurative language. Write the definitions into your note books:

SIMILES - comparison using "like" or "as"

METAPHORS - comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

IMAGERY - descriptive words that appeal to the 5 senses (smell, taste, touch, sight, sound)

PERSONIFICATION - giving human qualities to something that is not human (i.e - the flowers danced in the wind)

THEME - the overall message the author is trying to convey

Guided

Read first vignette together. Answer questions provided together as a class. Identify the similes and metaphors and discuss the theme.

Independent

Students may work in pairs to read specific excerpts from HOMS and answer the questions provided for each. 

After making text to self connections, complete the "I AM" poem.

Closure

Review definitions of terms. Share thoughts and connections on themes of identified vignettes from HOMS.

HW

Complete the I AM poem if you did not in class. Option to make a visual representation for extra credit.

Will smith video below

self esteem / self love / self discipline / responsibility vs. fault