1. “Warren Pryor” By: Alden Nowlan

3. Activity: A Close Reading of Poetry
As a class, we will read and review the TF TASTI method of reading a text closely.
Once reviewed, each student will then fill in the blanks in the following TF TASTI slide with their own answers/understanding of the poem.
After you are done the TF TASTI method, complete the following 9 questions.

4. T.F. T.A.S.T.I Poetry Analysis
Title – before reading the poem, make a prediction about the subject matter, setting, theme, and mood of the poem based on the title
Facts – Who is the speaker? Where/When is the setting?
What happens? (Plot)
Techniques – Figurative Language and Rhyme Techniques
Attitude – tone of the narrator and/or the writer towards the characters, events, etc. in the poem
Shifts – shifts/changes in the poem (voice, stanzas, verb tense, line lengths, punctuation, image patterns, etc.)
Title Review –return to the title after looking at all other elements – any changes from your earlier prediction
Idea – summarize the primary idea (THEME) the poet is communicating in the poem

6. A Close Reading of “Warren Pryor”T F A S I

7. Poem Analysis What does Warren Pryor want to be when he grows up?
What does his parent’s want his career to be?
What is Warren’s relationship with his parents?
What is the outcome of Warren’s life?
What is the message of the poem?

8. Answers

9. Poem Analysis cont’d
A simile is the comparison of two things using like or as.
A metaphor is the comparison of two things.
Is the line “Hard and serious / like a young bear inside his teller’s cage,” a simile or a metaphor?
Is the line “they watched him picking up the slender scroll, / his passport from the years of toil” a simile or a metaphor?

10. Answers

11. Poem Analysis cont’d
List 5 descriptive adjectives from “Warren Pryor.”
Copy down 2 lines that really stood out to you and EXPLAIN WHY? (You can give person or critical reasons)

12. Answers

13. Alden Nowlan Author Bio: http://prezi.com/b3lhi0g06oiu/warren-pryor/
Nowlan Quotes:
Prezi presentation: