Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Class Plan for Tuesday, February 26, 2013

CC.1.2.11-12.F, CC.1.3.11-12.C, CC.1.4.11-12.C

Objectives: Evaluate imagery shapes the meaning of poetry and literature.  Analyze the impact of literary and poetic devices (symbols, metaphors, and rhyme) on poetry and literature.  Use relevant facts and concrete details in a poem written from the perspective of a narrator to accompany a visual aid.

SWBAT:  Use poetry to evaluate how words and phrases effect the meaning of poetry and literature.  Write a poem from Holden’s perspective that references specific details from the text. 

DO NOW:

Read and analyze the following poem.

"Dreams" by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams 
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

ANALYZE THE POEM-  ANALYZE:  Break something down into its parts/identify the parts

1.     Read the poem.
2.     Find and label rhyme.
3.     Find an example of metaphor
4.     Find and label one symbol.
5.     In 1-2 sentences, explain what the symbol represents (what it means).

Class work:

Work on “I Am” poems – from Holden’s point of view; they MUST be typed

Work on the collages.  Remember to use both literal and symbolic images.