1. Magic Island
Week 5

2. Magic Island
Text p. 137
IN p. 114
Answer the following reading questions in full sentences:
In lines 1-12, identify the dimile that takes place and explain what is being compared.
Describe the park’s setting.
Identify the metaphor in lines What is being compared?
Identify the similes in lines For each, explain what is being compared.
Why is the story called “Magic Island”? List words/phrases that help you explain your response.

3. Magic Island: Analyzing the Text
Text p. 129
IN p. 115
Answer the following questions in full sentences:
Analyze: Review lines What images are the most striking? What mood, or feeling, do these images create?
Interpret: Beginning in line 46, Song writes of “a black umbrella, / blooming like an ancient flower.” What does the umbrella symbolize, or represent?
Infer: Use your observations about the poem to summarize its meaning, or theme.

4. Magic Island: Performance Task
IN p. 116
Text p. 139
Complete the entire performance task located in your textbook.
Cite evidence from the text to support your response.

5. Magic Island: Short Story or Poem
IN p. 117
Consider the theme and message of the poem we read in class. Then, write a 1 page narrative about a place you go to outdoors when you are in need of a break. Why do you go there? What is comforting about it?
IN p. 118
Draw a picture of your outdoor retreat. Use color and detail to show me what is so nice about this place.
IN p. 119
Write a poem about your outdoor retreat. Make sure to include specific imagery that makes your place special. It needs to be a minimum of 15 lines.
Turn your notebook in when you are done!