1-Month Unit: Day 16

Agenda: · Do Now: Name that device! · Schedule for the week · Guided practice: Identify and analyze

the poems · Independent practice: Analyze & teach!!

Directions: Identify the poetic devices used in each line of poetry. Add the rhyme scheme to the right of the verses.

Do Now

Line Poetic Devices Used

I've fallen somehow, feet off the ground _____Love is the cloud that keeps raining down. _____Where are you now? When I need you around _____I'm on my knees but it seems we're _____Going nowhere fast _____

In too deep, can't think about giving it up ____But I never knew love would feel like a heart attack ____It's killing me, swear I never cried so much _____Cause I never knew love would hurt this bad _____The worst pain that I ever had ______

Today’s ObjectivesSW· identify and determine the significance

of poetic devices used in a poem. · write and give an oral summary of a

poem, including aspects such as the mood, significance of the poem, and rhyme scheme.

Schedule as we move forward:TODAY: Review Day #1Thursday: Review Day #2 (jeopardy) Friday: Unit assessment Monday & Tuesday: Poetry Workshop

Think about

What have we learned?

What poetic devices do we know about?

What have we learned about poetry?

Today YOU are going to become the teacher! 1. You are going to work either independently or with a

partner

2. Read the poem given to you/your group

3. Analyze the poem for its poetic devices, mood, and meaning (paragraph analysis)

4. Analyze the significance of the selected lines in your poem

5. Report your responses on the board.

6. Teach your poem to the class!First, we will do a practice poem analysis and

teaching together!

Practice Together!My Smile is Losing Weightby Crystal Holmes

I remember they days my cheeks had stretch marksAnd someone could probably count all of my teethBut now lately my face has become droopy, sluggish, Some say it looks like I’m not getting any sleepThe gap on my face used to stretch and curve for milesBut now it’s a straight line that’s extremely petiteNever knew a smile could be anorexicMaybe I should get off this stress diet and find some joys to eat.

What is significant about these lines?

What is significant about an anorexic smile?

Poetic Devices Used ExampleGive the line where the device is used.

MeaningExplain the meaning of the line and how the poetic device is used.

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What is the mood of the poem?

What is this poem about? What is the meaning of the poem (summarize)?

Your turn!You are going to work either independently or with a partner

Read the poem given to you/your group.

Fill out the graphic organizer: Analyze the poem for its poetic devices, mood, and meaning (paragraph analysis).

Fill out the boxes next to the identified lines in your poem: Analyze the significance of the selected lines in your poem.

Come up to the board: Report your responses on the board.

Teach your poem to the class!

THE STAR by Yeth Kong and Catherine Hardy

At midnight I am sitting here aloneAbove the moonlight is bright(Like the) inside of my soulI take a look at the skyThe star I see is too high from me(Just like you) oh I miss youDo you know I love youThe winds of my heart are coldAll my life I am wishingThat you would come into my armsI want to reach the starI want to touch the starThe star is far away from meI want to sing you a favorite songMy heart is too strong

And my heart belongs to youNothing is wrong with meSilent night I am aloneI am calling your name in the nightAnd my heart feels emptinessEvery night and every dayI think of youWithout you my heart is coldI wish to send you my love

What is the star that the poet talks about?



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The Klanby Gil Scott Heron*(excerpts, complete poem on student handout)

Countryside was cold and still There were three crosses on the hill Each one wore a burning hood To hide its rotten core of wood

What are the two meanings of wood? What is it symbolic of?

What does the poet mean by this line?And each one sucked a

hungry breathOut of the empty lungs of death



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MS. RIGHT NOWby Poetiq Tika*(excerpts, complete poem on student handout)

What point is the poet making here?

What does the poet mean by, “the truth is always a

lie?”

C Ms. Right Now Is the girl your mother warned you about The girl your father schooled you about Who your friends told you, you could live without

But in reality all she does is mislead Cause the truth is always a lie indeed



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My Letter to Hip Hopby Poetiq Tika*(excerpts, complete poem on student handout)

What point does the poet make about Hip Hop?

What does the poet want from Hip Hop?

But I was raise off the intellect of your speech But in these current years I've done nothing but turned off my ears & let my hips sway at your beats Because nothing you say is intellectual to me I'm not looking for how many shots you took Rocks you sold Or glocks you popped I'm not looking for what you done in the hood I'm looking for what you done to better the hood



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They Charge Me With A Crimeby Poetiq Tika*(excerpts, complete poem on student handout)

Why is this significant?

So with the razor you throw to me To commit my own suicide I took it & wrote my words upon these walls Not caring how many years you added on Because every prisoner is reciting them through these halls



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Queens and Kingsby Ave C.*(excerpts, complete poem on student handout)

What is significant about these lines?Power and lust eats away at us. From the inside out slowly it devours us Like the virus AIDS It waits and it preys Knowing just when and where to lay its eggs.

Like vultures they ate away at our culture Leaving us with only the bare bones

What point is the author making here?



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Everyday Drugby Teddy*(excerpts, complete poem on student handout)

What point is the poet making here?But I'm too strong for it to hold me

down So tall and straight I stand My everyday drug like no other is Something called a man



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Sunshine to the Blind Manby Shanequa Stevenson*(excerpts, complete poem on student handout)

What point is the poet making here?Sunshine to the blind man

Is a cool breeze on a summer's night the warmth in winter with no light The feeling that everything is just right

Sunshine to the blind man Is to listen to the fat lady sing To feel the shine of a diamond ring To know that for everyone you meet Joy is what you bring

What point is the poet making here?



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Wrap it up!

1. How do you analyze poetry? 2. How do you determine the meaning

of a poem? 3. Why is poetry an important text type

to read? What can be gained from reading poetry?

1-Month Unit: Day 16

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