Starter Complete Wednesday’s activity on PoW. In LN, answer the following prompt. How does the theme of “Saturday at the Canal” relate to the unit theme? Use specific details from the poem to support your position. OBJECTIVE: SWBAT read and analyze poetry.

Unit 1, Part 2, Day 7 August 31, 2016

Homework Complete activities not completed in class. Read independently. Min 30 pages Answer question from DOK calendar in Reading Log. Review LN notes; memorize terms and definitions Reading Scrapbook Pages 1, 2, and 3 are due 9/22. If you did not finish test corrections today, you will be given time during team time tomorrow.

Singular and Plural Nouns A singular noun names one person, place, thing or idea. Examples: My pencil is broken. May I borrow a piece of paper? A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing or idea. Examples: My pencils are broken. My papers are scattered around the floor.

Singular and Plural Nouns Most nouns are made plural by adding an –s to the end of the singular noun (boy-boys, beast-beasts, cart-carts) Some singular nouns are made plural by adding –es to the singular noun (tomato-tomatoes, waltz-waltzes) Many singular nouns that end in y are made plural by changing the y to an i and adding –es (candy-candies, pony-ponies) Still others change the word altogether (mouse-mice, goose-geese) Finally, there are some words that do not change at all for plural (deer, fish)

Singular and Plural Nouns In you LN, write ten examples of singular and plural nouns. Be sure to include some of each type of words that change from singular to plural (s, es, ies, word change, no change).

Poetry Close Reading Fourth read: answer questions in margins/LN as we read. What is a canal? What clues provided in the poem would help you figure out what a canal is if you did not know? Who is the speaker in the poem? How do we know? How does the speaker feel about school? What examples from the poem reveal these feelings? How does the word “thus” in line 6 stand out from the rest of the poem? How does it mark a change in the poem? What is the effect of the use of alliteration in lines 7-8? How does the repetition of the w sound add to the mood? Why are the speaker and his friend “feeling awful”? What is the speaker implying about the people around him when he says, “And be with people who knew more than three chords on a guitar”? Why does the speaker mention his hair length? What does his hair represent? How is the speaker’s desire to leave town related to the water swirling in the canal?

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Close Read/Literary Analysis Is the speaker being pushed or pulled? What evidence from the text supports your claim?

Saturday at the Canal Read the poem closely. Find the rhyme scheme and rhythm pattern. Identify and mark examples of alliteration, assonance, and consonance in the poem.

Sound Off In LN, you were asked to make a claim and support your position about whether there were pull or push factors at work in the poem “Saturday at the Canal”. Which side did you choose? Be prepared to explain and defend your position.