Writing Narrative Poetry Monday, September 28, th Grade MYP

Reading Snippet9/28/15 Figurative Language, Imagery, & Word Choice Focus: Figurative Language/ Imagery/ Word Choice Text: “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou Textbook p Questions: 1. Identify how figurative language is used in the line, “The sweet scent of vanilla had met us as she opened the door.” 2. Why do you think the author used the words “leered” or “Threatened” rather than “hung”? Explain the impact of these word choices.

Reading Snippet9/28/15 Figurative Language, Imagery, & Word Choice The odors in the house surprised me. Somehow I had never connected Mrs. Flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people. There must have been an outhouse, too, but my mind never recorded it. The sweet scent of vanilla had met us as she opened the door. “I made tea cookies this morning. You see, I had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat. The lemonade is in the icebox. She took the bags from me and disappeared through the kitchen door. I looked around the room that I had never in my wildest fantasies imagined I would see. Browned photographs leered or threatened from the walls, and the white, freshly done curtains pushed against themselves and against the wind. I wanted to gobble up the room entire and take it to Bailey, who would help me analyze and enjoy it.

Objective, Agenda, & Homework Objective: I will draft a poem with literary elements, using Soul Moon Soup as a mentor text. Agenda: Reading Snippet Focus Lesson: Story Telling in Soul Moon Soup Drafting Time Homework: Continue drafting poems at home. Study for Greek roots quiz.

Greek Roots dem = people 18. log = speech, study, idea 19. hetero = different, various 20. homo = same, alike

Focus Lesson: Sets of Poems in SMS Reread the following 5 poems. “Doodles” (20) “Teacher Trouble” (37) “Daring to Draw” (62) “Drawing Again” (65) “Feasting on Soul Moon Soup” (132) Write about the following elements: Setting Character Developments Plot Conflict Theme Point of View Write about the 6 elements in the poems as a set, not for each poem individually.

Individual Practice Based on the set of poems you read, jot down notes on the following in your notebook. You will answer these about the poems as a set, not each one individually. Setting Character Developments Plot Conflict Theme Point of View

Other Sets of Poems DRAWING: IN CLASS “Doodles” (20) “Teacher Trouble” (37) “Daring to Draw” (62) “Drawing Again” (65) “A Little Something for Mama” (125) “Feasting on Soul Moon Soup” (132) DADDY: “Who I Am” (9) “Remembering Daddy” (16) “Life with Daddy” (17) “Necessary and Gone” (29) THE SUITCASE: “Necessary Burdens” (14) “The Last Burden Falls Away” (39) “A Little Something for Mama” (125) “Mama Looks Deeper” (128) MAMA: “Making Jam with Gram” (67) “More Sorry Secrets” (71) “Compensation” (76) “The Last of It” (108)

Your Narrative Poems (Due Friday) Poem requirements: write 3 or more poems of 15 lines or more each (so 45+ total lines) counts as a formative assessment grade based on MYP Rubric (C: Producing Text / D: Using Language) Structure of 3 poems: 1 st poem = introduction of character, setting, and conflict 2 nd poem = development of conflict (i.e. rising action and climax) 3 rd poem = conclusion and illustration of the theme (i.e. falling action and resolution) Additionally, students need to include the following: 5 literary elements of the 6 below: Plot Conflict Setting Point of View Character Theme 2 craft tools of the 3 below or others: Variation in Rhythm (caesura, enjambment, etc. ) Imagery Figurative Language