Write about a defining moment in your life. Do Now (5 min) Write about a defining moment in your life. In other words, write about an experience you’ve had that has played a big part in making you who you are.

Defining Moments: Oranges Activity 1.7 

Agenda Do Now (5 min) Objectives (2 min) Independently Read Oranges (5 min) Read Oranges as a Class (10 min) Why are Oranges and Eleven included in this section called “Defining Moments”? (5 min) TPCASTT Explained (10 min) Connotation vs. Denotation (10 min) Applying TPCASTT (5 min) Closing (1 min) Exit Slip (2 min) Participation Grades (3 min)

Content (The knowledge you’ll master today) SWBAT: Create rough draft classroom norms for 10 different situations Create class-wide final-draft classroom norms for 10 different situations Define the word “norm” and explain why it is important to have norms Objectives (2 min) Content (The knowledge you’ll master today) SWBAT: Analyze the poem Oranges Determine the theme of a poem Distinguish between a words connotation and denotation Language (How you will master the knowledge) By: Writing notes on a TPCASTT graphic organizer Completing a worksheet

Independently Read Oranges (5 min) Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the poem Oranges by writing notes in a TPCASTT graphic organizer On p. 23 read the poem Oranges

Read Oranges as a Class (10 min) Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the poem Oranges by writing notes in a TPCASTT graphic organizer On p. 23 read the poem Oranges

The both have the same theme Why are Oranges and Eleven included in this section called “Defining Moments”? (5 min) Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the poem Oranges by writing notes in a TPCASTT graphic organizer Why are Oranges and Eleven included in this section called “Defining Moments”? The both have the same theme a writers central idea or message about life

TPCASTT Explained (10 min) Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the poem Oranges by writing notes in a TPCASTT graphic organizer T P C A S Title Make a prediction. What do you think the title means before you read the poem. Paraphrase Restate the main ideas of the poem in your own words. Connotation What words/phrases suggest beyond their literal meaning. The idea/feeling a word causes in your mind. Attitude Describe the speaker’s attitude. Use specific adjectives (descriptive words) to describe your ideas. Shift Describe where the poem appears to shift, either in subject, speaker, or tone. Theme What do you think is the underlying message about life expressed in this poem? Title revisited Re-examine the title. What do you think it means now in the context of the poem?

Connotation vs. Denotation Worksheet (15 min) Objective: SWBAT: Distinguish between a words connotation and denotation by Completing a worksheet Denotation: Connotation: the dictionary meaning of a word the emotions or associations attached to a word Connotations can either be positive or negative

Connotation vs. Denotation Worksheet (15 min) Scrawny and Thin Denotation: Connotation: the dictionary meaning of a word the emotions or associations attached to a word

Connotation vs. Denotation Worksheet (15 min) Vagrant and Homeless person Denotation: Connotation: the dictionary meaning of a word the emotions or associations attached to a word

Connotation vs. Denotation Worksheet (15 min) Fat and Big Boned Denotation: Connotation: the dictionary meaning of a word the emotions or associations attached to a word

Connotation vs. Denotation Worksheet (15 min)

Connotation vs. Denotation Worksheet (15 min)

Applying TPCASTT (5 min) Objective: SWBAT: Analyze the poem Oranges by writing notes in a TPCASTT graphic organizer T P C A S Let’s start now, but we will finish this tomorrow!

Did you master the following objectives? Content (The knowledge you’ll master today) SWBAT: Create rough draft classroom norms for 10 different situations Create class-wide final-draft classroom norms for 10 different situations Define the word “norm” and explain why it is important to have norms Closing (1 min) Did you master the following objectives? Content (The knowledge you’ll master today) SWBAT: Analyze the poem Oranges Determine the theme of a poem Language (How you will master the knowledge) By: Writing notes on a TPCASTT graphic organizer

What is the theme of Eleven and Oranges Exit Slip (3 min) What is the theme of Eleven and Oranges *Haunches = the leg of an animal

What do you deserve today? SMART (Participation) Grade (5 min) Each day YOU will decide the grade you deserve.* Your 5-point daily participation grade is based on CLA’s core-values: CLA Students are S.M.A.R.T. S = Self-Controlled M = Motivated A = Accountable R = Respectful T = Timely What do you deserve today? *One point for each core-value (5 points possible each day). I reserve the right to change these grades.