Magic Island Week 5
Magic Island Text p. 137 IN p. 114 Answer the following reading questions in full sentences: In lines 1-12, identify the dimile that takes place and explain what is being compared. Describe the park’s setting. Identify the metaphor in lines 35-36. What is being compared? Identify the similes in lines 38-48. For each, explain what is being compared. Why is the story called “Magic Island”? List words/phrases that help you explain your response.
Magic Island: Analyzing the Text Text p. 129 IN p. 115 Answer the following questions in full sentences: Analyze: Review lines 1-32. What images are the most striking? What mood, or feeling, do these images create? Interpret: Beginning in line 46, Song writes of “a black umbrella, / blooming like an ancient flower.” What does the umbrella symbolize, or represent? Infer: Use your observations about the poem to summarize its meaning, or theme.
Magic Island: Performance Task IN p. 116 Text p. 139 Complete the entire performance task located in your textbook. Cite evidence from the text to support your response.
Magic Island: Short Story or Poem IN p. 117 Consider the theme and message of the poem we read in class. Then, write a 1 page narrative about a place you go to outdoors when you are in need of a break. Why do you go there? What is comforting about it? IN p. 118 Draw a picture of your outdoor retreat. Use color and detail to show me what is so nice about this place. IN p. 119 Write a poem about your outdoor retreat. Make sure to include specific imagery that makes your place special. It needs to be a minimum of 15 lines. Turn your notebook in when you are done!