Objectives: Teach students to evaluate words and phrases for the correct placement of punctuation, especially apostrophes. Use images, poetry, and videos to evaluate how themes and symbols occur across generations of people and literary genres. Students will also evaluate how words and phrases shape the meaning and tone of poetry and images.
SWBAT: Evaluate words and phrases for the correct use of apostrophes. Evaluate images, poetry, and videos to determine how themes and symbols develop across genres.
Class activities:
1) Look at Norman Rockwell's painting, "The Problem We All Live With."
Write down 10 things you see in this painting.
Also, answer the question: what theme (message) does this painting address?
2) Watch the video of Ruby Bridges' (the girl in the painting) meeting with President Obama.
3) Read Countee Cullen's poem, "Incident."
Answer the questions about analyzing a poem.
