Warm-upAcademic LanguageNorth: East: West:

Discourse RolesNorth:East: West:

TASK:How do experiences influence attitudes?

How has your experience in America influenced your attitude about America?

Content Language Objective

• Students will identify and explain the effect of poetic elements by speaking and writing about poems that reveal attitudes about America, using– Poems– Collaborative analysis and annotation– CSE paragraph expectations

Shifts in Poetry

• Most poems begin with the author exploring/explaining a problem they are having and trying to solve

• Or• An issue they are having and trying to resolve

Shifts Con’t

• The shift signifies the author’s solution to the problem

• Or• Their coming to terms with the issue

(acceptance)

• The shift usually also reveals the THEME of the poem

THEME

• To find theme you first must find the subject/topic

• Subjects are usually non-tangible – Exs: love, hate, jealousy, greed, war

Theme

• After finding the subject, you need to infer and place what you believe the author’s opinion or judgment is about the subject

• Subject/Topic + Opinion/Judgment = THEME– Jealousy can destroy even the strongest

relationships– Love can be can dangerous when it appears in the

form of lust– Avoid clichés: Only fools rush in, Love is blind

America Poems

• Read and Annotate for the Poetry Big Four:– Theme, Tone/Mood, Figurative Language, Shift

• Write a thematic statement for each poem

Writing Prompt

• After reading each poem, argue in writing which poem and author most closely resembles your opinion of America. Use textual evidence to support you claim.

Essential Questions

1. What is the “American Dream”?2. Is the “American Dream” accessible to

everyone in America?