1. WARMUP
(7 min) What do you think is more powerful, the mind or the heart? Explain.
I believe that one’s (mind/heart) is more powerful than his (mind/heart). For example, _____________________. This can be seen ________. Another reason the (heart/mind) is more (potent/dominant/influential) is because ________. This is demonstrated________. (To conclude,/Overall,) ____________.
HW: BRING TEXTBOOKS

2. HW: BRING TEXTBOOKS English 2P
Objectives:
Agenda:
Students will be able to:
analyze personification in a poem and explain its effect on theme by taking Cornell notes
identify the type of figurative language by discussing it with their group during talking heads
warmup
personification
Talking Heads
HW: BRING
TEXTBOOKS

3. Vocabulary Preview “haste” – be quick “pray” – please
“lest” – for fear that
“lagging” – moving slowly

4. “Heart! We will forget him!” by Emily Dickinson C. notes
Read the title and predict what the poem will be about.
Read the poem and write two questions.
Personification: What does she tell her heart to do (that only a person can do)?
What is the speaker of this poem trying to accomplish?
Re-read the last line. What is still happening?
*Understand l. 3 and then l. 4 will be clarified.

5. Summary
Personification is _______________________. In the poem titled “_____________,” the poet, ________________ uses personification to (convey/communicate/describe ) ____________. It helps the reader (understand/experience/ learn) _____________________ .

6. Pair Share rubric
1 – Not on task, talking to other groups, no answers, clearly not doing the work, inappropriate behavior
2 – On the right page but not on task, sometimes talk to others, partially answered questions, some inappropriate behavior
3 – on task, answering the question, working with partner, appropriate behavior
4- definitely on task, clearly & neatly answered questions, model behavior

7. Talking Heads: USE YOUR TREE MAPS
Example:
1) I was an energetic clown dancing merrily.
My partner and I decided that this is an example of __________ because _________________.
My partner and I decided that this is an example of a direct metaphor because it’s saying that the person moved like a hyper clown,

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2) “pencil chiseling letters across his notebook like the script of a pharaoh's deeds on pyramid walls…”
My partner and I decided that this is an example of __________ because ___________________. It’s comparing ____________________________.

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3) She lit up the stage.
My partner and I decided that this is an example of __________ because ___________________. It’s comparing ____________________________.

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4) Jimmy is like a wet blanket who always puts me in a bad mood.
My partner and I decided that this is an example of __________ because ___________________. It’s comparing ____________________________.

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5) The computer monitor stared back at her with an unfriendly, unblinking eye.
My partner and I decided that this is an example of __________ because ___________________. It’s comparing ____________________________.

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6) Like a general commanding soldiers on the battlefield, the captain led his team to victory.
My partner and I decided that this is an example of __________ because ___________________. It’s comparing_______________________________.

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7) From the top of the building, the school yard was an ant farm, with kids moving everywhere.
My partner and I decided that this is an example of __________ because ___________________. It’s comparing_______________________________.

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8) The beach awakened in the summertime.
My partner and I decided that this is an example of __________ because ___________________. It’s comparing_______________________________.

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9) The drummer, hands and feet flying in all directions, was an animated octopus.
My partner and I decided that this is an example of __________ because ___________________. It’s comparing_______________________________.

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10) My backpack groaned in protest when I plopped my thick history textbook into it.
My partner and I decided that this is an example of __________ because ___________________. It’s comparing___________________________.

17. Ticket out the door
What are the three main types of figurative language we have been discussing?
Three types of figurative language are _____, ____, and _____.
The difference between direct and implied metaphors is that _________ are _____ whereas ______ are __________.
Similes are different from metaphors because they _______________________.