1. 1.8 Seeing the World from My Perspective You will need the following for today’s lesson. SSR Book Composition Book SpringBoard Book Pen/Pencil Please turn off and put away all electronic devices.
1.8 I will analyze and critique a poet’s style focusing on imagery, detail, and diction in order to reflect on my stylistic technique.

2. 1.8 I will analyze and critique a poet’s style focusing on imagery, detail, and diction in order to reflect on my stylistic technique.
SSR
Reflection
Read a book of your choosing for fifteen minutes.
Focus on imagery the author uses.
In your composition book, respond to the following questions.
Did the author use language to create a feeling or picture in your mind?
What words did the author use and how did s/he create this picture in your mind?

3. 1.8 I will analyze and critique a poet’s style focusing on imagery, detail, and diction in order to reflect on my stylistic technique.
In your composition book, complete the following.
Select a memory of a place, event, or time when you were in 6th grade(age 11) brainstorm a list of images that this memory generates for you. Challenge: Evoke all five senses in your list. (2 – 3 min.)
Free write on the memory you have chosen, using imagery to convey all the sensory details that it evokes. (4 – 6 min.)

4. 1.8 I will analyze and critique a poet’s style focusing on imagery, detail, and diction in order to reflect on my stylistic technique.
The smell of spaghetti sauce and meatballs filled my grandmother’s basement.
Expand on your writing by looping: circle key images in your free write. Choose an image and expand your ideas below by including sensory details to capture a vivid description of the image for your readers.

5. 1.8 I will analyze and critique a poet’s style focusing on imagery, detail, and diction in order to reflect on my stylistic technique.
Read and analyze Montez’s poem “I Remember.”
Focus on imagery, diction, and detail and notice how they capture the memory.
Mark the text identifying imagery.

6. 1.8 I will analyze and critique a poet’s style focusing on imagery, detail, and diction in order to reflect on my stylistic technique.
Class Discussion
Independent Work
Analyzing Evidence of an Author’s Perspective
Locate and discuss language that appeals to all of your senses (imagery).
Complete Imagery Chart in SpringBoard on page 21.
Locate and analyze evidence of an author’s perspective.
Complete handout.
Turn in for a daily grade.