1. CLEAR DESKS OF EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR A PEN/PENCIL. WRITE DOWN HW ON HOMEWORK SHEET. Do Now  Write your homework on your homework sheet.  HW: Read the Shakespearean sonnet and complete TPCASTT on a separate sheet of paper.  Catch up on any other poems you haven’t turned in. Announcements  Project round up! If your group leader doesn’t get the grade back, your group hasn’t received a grade due to missing items. This mean you have 3 0s in the gradebook.  2A- Make sure I give you back your evaluation sheets so you can get a grade!  Book reports due Dec. 5 th  Put names of books you’ve read this semester on the slips in the back of the room on the book shelf. Top class gets pizza party!

2. GET OUR YOUR TUPAC TPCASTT AND YOUR POETRY PACKET.

3. Group 1: Didn’t do either poem Participation grade is working on TPCASTT during activity silently Group 2: Chose “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” Share your findings for “Attitude, Connotation, and Theme” (you should add whatever you didn’t find to your own answers) Read the other Tupac poem as a group Answer the following questions for the other poem What sound device do you see? What is the effect of his repetition of “Today” and “Tomorrow” What is a theme you see in both poems? Group 3: Chose “And Tomorrow” Share your findings for “Attitude, Shifts, Connotation, and Theme” (you should add whatever you didn’t find to your own answers) Read the other Tupac poem as a group Answer the following questions: What figurative language is most dominant in this poem? What do the rose and concrete represent? What is a theme you see in both poems?

4. SHARE OUT (8 MINUTES) Choose a spokesperson from your group to answer each of the questions: Rose group (answering about “Tomorrow”) 1.What sound device do you see? 2.What is the effect of his repetition of “Today” and “Tomorrow” 3.What is a theme you see in both poems? Tomorrow group (answering about “Rose” 1.What figurative language is most dominant in this poem? 2.What do the rose and concrete represent? 3.What is a theme you see in both poems?

5. OBJECTIVE SWBAT explain the symbolism of a poem and analyze the diction’s effect on tone. SWBAT correctly embed poetry lines into a body paragraph.

6. DICTION ACTIVITY (7 MINUTES) Turn to the diction page in your Poetry Packet Then, with a partner, circle all the words that stand out to you in the poem “Tomorrow” Look at the list of Diction words I gave you and pick 2 that you think would describe Tupac’s diction in this poem.

7. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE Write a body paragraph that describes your observations about how Tupac’s diction affected the tone. Be sure to use lines from the poem to support your ideas In his poem, “ ______________________,” Tupac used _____________diction to support/create his ___________tone.

8. CLOSURE Share out paragraphsHomework reminder Read the Shakespeare sonnet, TPCASTT it, and answer the questions