1. Raised By
Unit Objective: Analyze and write a poem using vivid language to paint a picture for the reader.

2. objective
STWBAT determine the meaning of the poem by analyzing words and phrases.

3. “Raised by Women” by Kelly Norman Ellis
Listen to the poem and try to visualize what she is saying.

4. Annotate and Teach Analyze a section from the poem. What does it mean?
What can you infer?
Interpret any figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole…)
What lesson did the woman teach the author?
Be prepared to teach us about your section.

5. objective
SWBAT use descriptive language to write about the people they were raised by.

6. Who were you raised by?
Write as many people and/or things that raised you.

7. Descriptive Language
Vivid and specific language that helps someone imagine a scene he didn't witness

8. Descriptive language example
The light shines through the red, full belly giving a transparent glow. The gold glistens up and down, back and forth, as the belly moves creating a rhythmic, circular, movement.

10. Brainstorm Using Descriptive Language
Think about an important memory with the person/thing that raised you.
What do you see? Taste? Touch? Smell? Hear?
Describe the moment/person in detail.

11. Write Your first draft
Use the poem Raised by Women as inspiration for your poem.
Each stanza of the poem describes a woman who taught the author something important.
Her first stanza is about love expressed through food. Which foods do you eat at home? How would you describe them using your senses?

12. Objective
STWBAT give feedback revise their drafts in order to add figurative language.

13. Figurative Language Language that is not literal
Includes simile, symbolism, metaphor and hyperbole…
I have a ton of homework. (This is an example of hyperbole.)

14. Simile A figure of speech that compares two things using like or as
"Curley was flopping like a fish on a line.“
“He runs as fast as lightning.”

15. Metaphor
a figure of speech that identifies one thing as being the same as some unrelated other thing, thus showing the similarities between the two things
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; —William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 2/7

16. Allusion
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
“This place is like a Garden of Eden.” – This is a biblical allusion to the “garden of God” in the Book of Genesis.

17. Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
I was so embarrassed I almost died!
From Flannery O'Connor's Parker's Back: "And the skin on her face was thin and drawn tight like the skin on an onion and her eyes were gray and sharp like the points of two ice picks."

18. Giving Feedback Every student will read their draft.
You will give feedback about what is really positive and what they might do to improve the poem.
The part where you said ______________ was really effective because ________________.
You might want to add/change _________________ because __________________.
BE RESPECTFUL AND POSITIVE! These poems are very personal.

19. How to make revisions
Where could you add more vivid descriptive language?
Did you use allusions, hyperbole, similes and metaphors?
Is each stanza about the same theme?
When you read it out loud does it have a good rhythm?

20. Add 1 or More of Each Type of Figurative Language
Simile: Compares two things using like or as
Metaphor: Identifies one thing as being the same as some unrelated other thing, thus showing the similarities between the two things
Allusion: A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
Hyperbole: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally