1. Anticipation Guide ANSWERS TRUE/FALSE You should read a poem aloud.
TRUE/FALSE You should read through lines
breaks without pausing.
TRUE/FALSE Song lyrics aren’t poetry.
ANSWERS
(wait till the end!)

2. Lesson Objective: SWBAT read a poem aloud in his/her own voice
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3. “Awww, do I have to read it aloud?”
Would you call this blueprint a house?
NO!!!
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The poem is just a blueprint.
Your voice brings the poem to life!

4. “Do I pause at a line break?”
Notice what these two poets do:
Gwendolyn Brooks
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We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
“We Real Cool”

5. “Do I pause at a line break?”
Notice what these two poets do:
so much depends
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a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
William Carlos Williams
“The Red
Wheelbarrow”

6. “Do I pause at a line break?”
The answer…?
Sometimes stop, sometimes go! It’s your choice!

7. The poet Nikki Giovanni brings Tupac’s poetry to life.
Is Tupac a poet?
The poet Nikki Giovanni brings Tupac’s poetry to life.
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet.
Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.
Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared.
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8. Essential Questions What did we do today? How did we do this?
Why did we do this?
Why do we read a poem aloud?
Do we read through a line or not?
How did you read Tupac’s lines? Why?
Remember the
Anticipation Guide?

9. Anticipation Guide – ANSWERS!
TRUE!
BOTH!
FALSE!
You should read a poem aloud.
You should read through lines
breaks without pausing.
Song lyrics aren’t poetry.