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9-1 Warm Up List 5 poetic devices and define each in your own words Get with a partner and compare lists – Add any of their examples to your own list

CLO Students will read a poem to develop a working definition of the American Dream and apply knowledge of denotation and connotation to demonstrate control and understanding of the effect of diction choices while contrasting past and present views of the American Dream

9-2 Warm Up What emotions does the “Ellis Island” poem invoke in you as you read it? Why? Which parts of the poem create the most powerful images in your mind?

CLO Students will read a poem to develop a working definition of the American Dream and apply knowledge of denotation and connotation to demonstrate control and understanding of the effect of diction choices while contrasting past and present views of the American Dream

9-3 Warm Up List 2 similarities and 2 differences between the “Ellis Island” poem and the “Europe and America” poem. Which poem do you identify with the most and why?

CLO Students will describe in writing the author’s use of connotation and denotation using analytical descriptors (i.e., denotation, connotation, implied meaning, literal meaning, effects on readers) after completing text dependent questions