DO NOW – 10/29/15 Follow the instructions below: 1)Open your textbooks to page 59. 2)Read the poem—what does Whitman mean in line 5, “How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick”? 1)Open your textbooks to page 59. 2)Read the poem—what does Whitman mean in line 5, “How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick”?

Topic / Objective & Essential Question Topic / Objective: 1) To break down the poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” in order to write an objective summary. Essential Question: 1) How does Whitman communicate the theme of this poem? Topic / Objective: 1) To break down the poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” in order to write an objective summary. Essential Question: 1) How does Whitman communicate the theme of this poem?

ANNOUNCEMENTS 1)You should have a new LC book for Friday’s class. 2)If you are choosing your own, you need to give me the title so I can do a Lexile test on the vocab. 1)You should have a new LC book for Friday’s class. 2)If you are choosing your own, you need to give me the title so I can do a Lexile test on the vocab.

TURN AND TALK (2 MIN) 1)Reflect on a situation that was the most difficult moment of your life. 2)Without naming specifics, what allowed you to push through that difficult time? 1)Reflect on a situation that was the most difficult moment of your life. 2)Without naming specifics, what allowed you to push through that difficult time?

Why science is cool... -To illustrate how far New Horizons has traveled to reach Pluto... -Look at this website: pixelspace_solarsystem.html -To illustrate how far New Horizons has traveled to reach Pluto... -Look at this website: pixelspace_solarsystem.html

The point of the “PIXEL SPACE” DEMO 1)The website illustrated how HUGE SPACE really is. 2)Human beings are tiny, imperceptible things when compared to the scales of the universe. 1)The website illustrated how HUGE SPACE really is. 2)Human beings are tiny, imperceptible things when compared to the scales of the universe.

Theme in a Work of Literature A theme is a central message that occurs throughout a story, poem, play, or novel.

Theme (CONT.) A theme is often implicit (not direct); the writer uses characters, setting, plot (events) and other literary devices to communicate a theme to readers.

Theme (CONT.) When writing about theme, one needs to write a statement that describes the events of the poem in terms of a lesson, moral, or insight.

LET’S BREAK UP THE POEM In partners, divide the poem by lines: Class = lines 1-2 Group 1 = lines 3-4 Group 2 = lines 5-6 Group 3 = lines 7-8 In partners, divide the poem by lines: Class = lines 1-2 Group 1 = lines 3-4 Group 2 = lines 5-6 Group 3 = lines 7-8

Lines 1-2 To understand a poem, you have to put the lines in your own words. “When I heard the learn’d astronomer, (1) When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me” (2)

Lines 1-2 “When I heard the learn’d astronmer, (1) When the proofs, the figures, were ranged I columns before me” (2) My paraphrase: The speaker listens to an expert on space— he sees the information (math) in front of him.

LET’S BREAK UP THE POEM In partners, divide the poem by lines: Group 1 = lines 3-4 Group 2 = lines 5-6 Group 3 = lines 7-8 Paraphrase the poem (put it in your words) (5 minutes). In partners, divide the poem by lines: Group 1 = lines 3-4 Group 2 = lines 5-6 Group 3 = lines 7-8 Paraphrase the poem (put it in your words) (5 minutes).

Share Out Group 1 – the speaker was taught how to perform the math Group 2 – in the class, the speaker hears the praise given to the astronomer (the teacher) Group 3 – the speaker becomes bored and walks out of the class.

Unpacking the theme Why does the speaker look up “in perfect silence” at the stars? STOP AND JOT (2 MINUTES)

Choose an event from the poem What would be the theme of it? Hint: theme = statement about the poem + insight, lesson, or moral. EQ: 1) How does Whitman communicate the theme of this poem?