Poetry

Week of 3/25 Poetry and MLK Teaching "Harlem"

Langston Hughes' "Harlem" Compare and Contrast "Harlem" and "I Have a Dream"

Week of 4/3 "Abandoned Farmhouse" by Ted Kooser Notes Observations Questions

Copy one Stanza of Poem for Poetry Book

Write own version of stanza one (direct characterization). Describe someone you know who has had tough times in his or her life using the poem's format.

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Review Figurative Language-- put sheet in RINB

Find Figurative Language in poem. Discuss the effect of the figurative language on the poem and the reader (Tone and Mood). Class Discussion and notes on text

Review Sound Devices

Find the poem's sound devices. Discuss the effect of the poem's sound devices on the poem and the reader (Tone and Mood). Class Discussion and notes on text.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
 * Figurative Language Sheet**
 * 1) There are 5 poems on this sheet. One for use as an example (teacher discretion) and the others for independent practice.
 * 2) Using Figurative Language Sheet with highlighted text and blanks for writing the type of figurative language, students will identify the kind of figurative language and the effect on the poem and the reader.
 * 3) Students will write the type of figurative language on the blank and then transfer the answer sheet.
 * 4) Students will write a sentence on the back of the sheet telling the effect the figurative language has on the poem and the reader.
 * 5) Will be due on Friday after students have worked on it at the end of class/for homework each day (Monday-Thursday).

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