SIFTTing through Poetry A pre- Advanced Placement Strategy to actively read poetry.
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Transcript of SIFTTing through Poetry A pre- Advanced Placement Strategy to actively read poetry.
Symbolism Using your cellular device, define: what is a symbol?
Something that represents or stands for something else, usually a larger concept (New Oxford American Dictionary)
Think of examples:
Heart Plus sign/ cross
Handshake
Woman Man Dollar Sign
SymbolsWhen you actively read a poem:
Evaluate the text for possible symbols What objects, inanimate or animate, represent larger concepts
Evaluate “Childhood” for symbols. Jot down at least three on your worksheet.
Example: “Freckle faced girl”= innocent and individual
Imagery When you are telling a story, how do you get your listener to feel like they were there?
Do you use things that relate to the five senses? Sight
Touch/ Feel
Hearing
Taste
Smell
Example word for sight: Wrinkly
Imagery
How does the author create images using the five senses?
What feelings do the images evoke in you?
Find 3 examples in “Childhood”, what sense do they appeal to? What images are conveyed?
Example: “Spit Balls hovered over lunchroom table”= sight; kids playing in lunchroom.
Figurative Language
Using your cellular device, look up what figurative language means.
Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to convey a special meaning or effect. (Adapted from Dictionary.com)
What are some examples of figurative language?
Figurative language
How are different figurative language devices employed in the poem?
Find 3 examples in the text. Write the type, and then explain the literal and figurative meanings.
Example:“Believe the wheels of the tricycle are still spinning in your stomachs.”= metaphor; wheels of a tricycle spinning inside your stomach; nervousness.
Tone
Using your cellular device, look up what tone means.
An author’s attitude towards a subject
What are some words you can use to describe tone?
Use the work sheet and look up one word from positive, negative, irony, fear and neutral and write the definition on your tone sheet.
Memorize these
Examples: Accusing: saying another person or thing was responsible for something.
Tone
Evaluate the word choice, detail, and imagery: What is the tone of the poem?
Write down 2 examples with word choice (diction) that prove that tone.
Example: Scornful; “mud stained trousers to neck ties/we forgot…”
Theme
Using your cellular device look up the definition of a theme.
Central message of a text. NOT A SUMMARY
Can be implied. What does that mean?
What are some common, universal, theme subjects?
Examples: Sacrifice
Loss of innocence
ThemeHow to find a theme? How to Find Theme
What theme means in high school:Less about a moral that includes a lesson, more about a guiding principle (something the author wants the reader to consider)
Stronger examplesPower Corrupts
Loss of Innocence
Destruction of Beauty
Growth of a child
Write down 1 theme from the “Childhood” poem. Make sure it has the subject and opinion.
Example:
Subject: Loss of innocence
As a child grows up, positive messages from childhood are often lost.
Title
Evaluate the title of the poem.
Write 2 reasons why the author choose the title “Childhood” for the poem on your worksheet
Be prepared to share out.
Rubric for T-SIFTT Graphic Organizer
This is what you will be graded on and how many points each item is worth.
3 symbols with what it represents- 9 points
3 images with the sense and the image that it conveys- 9 points
3 examples of figurative language. Write type of figurative language, literal meaning and figurative meaning – 9 points
2 words from poem that proves 1 tone word- 6 points
1 theme with explanation -5 points
Thorough response, so that you can following thinking- 10 points
Name- 2 points.
Total- 50 points.
Groups
Now stand up, hand up, pair up and work on completing SIFTT for “Tourettes” poem.
Find the following (After each, switch partners).3 Symbols with what it represents
3 images with sense and image it conveys
3 examples of figurative language. Write type, literal meaning and figurative meaning.
2 words from the poem that proves 1 tone word
1 theme with subject and opinion
Individually
Now, on your own read “Sweatshop” and complete “T-SIFTT” for the poem
Find the following:3 Symbols with what it represents
3 images with sense and image it conveys
3 examples of figurative language. Write type, literal meaning and figurative meaning.
2 words from the poem that proves 1 tone word
1 theme with subject and opinion
Exit Slip: Post Card Write a post card to a student who was absent explaining what you learned today and why this new information is important.
Parts: Front (Blank side): Draw a picture or a symbol of something that represents what we learned today.
Back: Write a postcard to an absent student explaining what you learned today and why you learned it.
Rubric: Picture connects with activity- 5 points
Written explanation is in letter format- 2 points
Explanation is thorough and answers both questions- 10 points
Proper use of grade level grammar and mechanics- 3 points
Total: 20 points