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Authorsorganizetheirwritingandselectwordsforaspecificreason.

BigIdeas

AuthorsandPoetscanachieveagreatdealintermsoffeeling,emotion,and
descriptioninaconciseway.

Prerequisite
Knowledge

Repetition
Rhyme
simile
metaphor
personification

FocusNextWeek

ShortTerm
Assessment

Selectanappropriatepoem.
Studentswillreadandrespondtothepoemandthespecificvocabularyfocused
on.

Duringthepresentation/miniexhibition,thestudentswillberequiredtodiscuss
thefollowing:

Didyoudiscussandexplainhowyoucreatedthefeelings/emotions
presentinthetext?

Citethespecificexamplesoffigurativelanguagethatyouusedinyour
writing.Whataboutthewordchoicemadethismoreinterestingtothe
reader?Thesespecificexampleswillbedevelopedintheleveled
groups.

Youareabletoexplainthedifferentformsoffigurativelanguageused
inyourwriting.

MiniExhibition
Fridayafternoon(12:451:45)February24,2012

Studentswillbeintheirownclassroomtopresenttheir
poem/song/shortstory

CriteriafortheFigurativeWritingwillbedevelopedbytheleveled
groupsonFriday,Feb17.

Rubricsforgradelevelpoetrycurriculum,MAPdataexpectations,
Presentations

Interdisciplinary
Connections

Intradisciplinary
Connections

TheseFigurativeLanguageconceptswillbeappliedto
literature
inthestudents
regularclassrooms.

EssentialQuestions

Canyouunderstandapoemwithoutunderstandingthepoet?

SuggestedTextsFromC.C.

Assessmentfor
BrooksGroup

Colin
Lucy
Patrick
Brooks
SarahB.
IanL.
MadelineS.
JoshS.
NahviaN.
Taylor

Warrenfeltz
Caleb
Erianna

Dickinson,Emily.Autumn.

Rossetti,Christina.WhoHasSeenthe
Wind?

Millay,EdnaSt.Vincent.Afternoonona
Hill.

Frost,Robert.StoppingbyWoodsona
SnowyEvening.

Field,Rachel.SomethingToldtheWild
Geese.

Hughes,Langston.GrandpasStories.
Jarrell,Randall.ABatIsBorn.

Giovanni,Nikki.Knoxville,Tennessee.

Merriam,Eve.Weather.

191200
UseofLanguage
Recognizestheauthor'suseofrhymeasatechniquetoincreasetheinterestofaliterary
text*
Analyzesrepetitionusedbyanauthortoaddemphasisinliterarytext*
Analyzesdescriptionusedbyanauthortointroducecharactersinliterarytext*
Analyzesliterarytexttodetermineaparticularfeelingormood(termnotused)
Identifiessentencesthatdescribefeelings*
Analyzesliterarytexttodetermineacharacter'smood*
Identifiesthemoodinapoem*
Infersthemeaningoffigurativelanguageinliterarytext*
Infersthemeaningoffigurativelanguage(synecdoche,termnotused)*

Vocabulary:memoir


Soto,Gary.EatingWhileReading.

Assessmentfor
WarrenfeltzGroup

Terryk
Joseline
Alex
LoganN
Ian

Brooks
AlyssaC.
EmilyB.
AdrianaC.
EllaH.
LilyV.
AssaneD.
MadysenW.

(
TACK
)
Keshawn
Sam
Taylor
Ben
Dylan
Karly
Emmalee
Mike
Jasmine

Warrenfeltz
Bella
Ty

Blake,William.TheEchoingGreen.

Lazarus,Emma.TheNewColossus.

Thayer,ErnestLawrence.Caseyatthe
Bat.

Dickinson,Emily.ABirdCameDownthe
Walk.

Sandburg,Carl.Fog.

Frost,Robert.DustofSnow.
Dahl,Roald.LittleRedRidingHoodand
theWolf.

Nichols,Grace.TheyWereMyPeople.

Mora,Pat.WordsFreeAsConfetti.

201210
UseofLanguage
Recognizestheauthor'suseofrhymeasatechniquetoincreasetheinterestofaliterary
text*
Identifiesrhymeasaliterarydevice*
Recognizesexamplesofalliteration*
Analyzestheauthor'suseofonomatopoeia(termnotused)inliterarytext*
Definesdialogue*
Recognizesauthor'suseofsuspensetocreateinterestinliterarytext
Analyzesthemeaningofimagesusedinliterarytext*
Analyzestheauthor'suseofdescriptivelanguageinliterarytext*
Analyzesliterarytexttodeterminewhichwordsdescribeaparticularsensation(term
notused)

Inferstheuseofsymbolismfoundinliterarytext*
Identifiesexamplesofliteralstatementsinliterarytexts*
Analyzesauthorsuseofforeshadowing(termnotused)inliterarytext*
Analyzesliterarytexttodeterminetheauthor'smood
Analyzestoneusedtocreatehumorinliterarytext*
Definessimile*

Givesexamplesofsimilesinliterarytext
Identifiesextendedmetaphors(termnotused)inpoetry*
Infersthemeaningofmetaphors(termnotused)inliterarytext*
Identifiesidiomsinliterarytexts*

Vocabulary
:
alliteration
,autobiography,dialogue,
idiom,literarydevice,personification
,
scene,
simile,symbolism

Assessmentfor
Vreelandgroup

Caden
Helena
Owen
Hannah
Mikayla
Westley
Hunter

(
TACK
)
Audrey
Crystal
Kameron

Brooks
Patrick

Warrenfeltz
Andrea
Pheona
Jordyn
McKenna
Quinn
Lauryn
FeiYan
Santana

Longfellow,HenryWadsworth.Paul
ReveresRide.

Whitman,Walt.OCaptain!MyCaptain!

Carroll,Lewis.Jabberwocky.

Navajotradition.TwelfthSongofThunder.

Dickinson,Emily.TheRailwayTrain.

Yeats,WilliamButler.TheSongof
WanderingAengus.

Frost,Robert.TheRoadNotTaken.

Sandburg,Carl.Chicago.

Hughes,Langston.I,Too,SingAmerica.

Neruda,Pablo.TheBookofQuestions.

Soto,Gary.Oranges.

Giovanni,Nikki.APoemforMyLibrarian,
Mrs.Long.

211220
UseofLanguage
Analyzestheauthor'suseofrhythminliterarytext*
Identifiesalliterationinliterarytext
Recognizesdialogueinliterarytext
Analyzestheuseofdialogueinadvancingplotinliterarytext*
Analyzesliterarytextstodeterminehowsuspenseisachieved*
Recognizestheauthor'suseofdescriptivelanguageasatechniquetocreateinterestin
literarytext*
Analyzestheauthor'suseofimageryinliterarytext*
Recognizestheauthor'suseofimageryasatechniquetocreateinterestinliterarytext*
Analyzesdescriptionsusedtobeginastory*
Analyzesliterarytexttodetermineaparticularfeelingormood
Recognizestheauthor'suseofthepresenttenseasatechniquetocreateinterestin
literarytext*

Definessimile*
Identifiessimilesinliterarytext
Givesexamplesofsimilesinliterarytext
Identifiesmetaphorsinliterarytext
Infersthemeaningofmetaphorsinliterarytext
Definespersonification
Recognizesfigurativelanguageusedtodescribesetting*
Identifiesfigurativelanguageinliterarytext
*

Vocabulary
:
assonance
,characterization,
consonance
,flashback,headlilne,
homophone
,
imagery,
irony,onomatopoeia,pun,wordplay

ironytheuseofwordstoconveytheoppositeoftheirliteralmeaning

Assessmentfor
Tackgroup

Alexis

Shakespeare,William.Sonnet73.

Donne,John.Song.

Shelley,PercyBysshe.Ozymandias.

221230
UseofLanguage

Identifiesalliterationinliterarytext

Recognizesexamplesofonomatopoeiainliterarytext*
Analyzestheuseofdialogueinadvancingplotinliterarytext*

Rachel
Melanie
Peggy

(
TACK
)
Gabe
Xavier
Ariana
Abbie
Jean
Emily

Warrenfeltz
Abigail
Katie
Josh
Kyla

Brooks
NovaK.

Poe,EdgarAllan.TheRaven.

Dickinson,Emily.WeGrowAccustomedto
theDark..

Houseman,A.E.LoveliestofTrees.

Johnson,JamesWeldon.LiftEveryVoice
andSing.

Cullen,Countee.YetDoIMarvel.

Auden,WystanHugh.MusedesBeaux
Arts.

Walker,Alice.Women.

Baca,JimmySantiago.IAmOfferingThis
PoemtoYou..

Recognizesexamplesofimageryinliterarytext*
Recognizesexamplesofimagery(termnotused)inliterarytext*
Analyzestheuseofimageryinliterarytext
Identifiesexamplesofsensorylanguageinliterarytexts
Recognizesexamplesofironyinliterarytext
Interpretstheuseofironyfoundinliterarytext*
Identifiesconnotationsintext*
Identifiesforeshadowinginliterarytexts*
Describestechniquesanddetailsusedbyanauthortocreatemoodinaliterarytext
Describestoneinliterarytextasironic*

Identifiessimilesinliterarytext
Definesmetaphor
Givesexamplesofmetaphorsinliterarytext
Identifiesmetaphorsinliterarytext
Identifiespersonificationinliterarytext

Vocabulary
:
Sonnet(Shakespeare)**Allusion**directreferencetoafamousperson,place,
thing

Assessmentfor
Ericasgroup

LoganB
Eliza
Ryan

Brooks
KayleeS.

Warrenfeltz
Sam

Madeline

LiPo.APoemofChanggan.

Donne,John.AValedictionForbidding
Mourning.

Wheatley,Phyllis.OnBeingBroughtFrom
AfricatoAmerica.

Keats,John.OdeonaGrecianUrn.

Whitman,Walt.SongofMyself.

Dickinson,Emily.BecauseICouldNotStop
forDeath.

Tagore,Rabindranath.SongVII.

Eliot,T.S.TheLoveSongofJ.Alfred
Prufrock.

Pound,Ezra.TheRiverMerchantsWife:A
Letter.

Frost,Robert.MendingWall.

Neruda,Pablo.OdetoMySuit.

Bishop,Elizabeth.Sestina.

OrtizCofer,Judith.TheLatinDeli:AnArs
Poetica..

Dove,Rita.DemetersPrayertoHades.

Collins,Billy.ManListeningtoDisc.

231240
UseofLanguage
Recognizesexamplesofonomatopoeiainliterarytext*
Identifiesallusioninliterarytext*
Analyzesthemoodinapoem*
Describestoneinliterarytextsascontainingelevatedlanguage*
Describesthetoneofaliterarytext*
Interpretstheuseofoxymoroninliterarytext*
Evaluatesliterarytexttodeterminethemeaningofmetaphors*
Identifieswhenfigurativelanguageisnotpresentinliterarytext*

241250
UseofLanguage
Describespoeticmeter*
Recognizesexamplesofparadoxinliterarytexts

251andabove
UseofLanguage
Recognizesexamplesofantithesisinliterarytexts*

Vocabulary
:
StandardEnglish,
symbolize,iambicpentameter,metricfeet,synecdoche,
allusionindirectreferencetoafamousperson,place,orthing