1. All backpacks must be put away before the tardy bell.
Materials Needed: Binder & Pencil

2. Wednesday August 17, 2016 Today’s Agenda
Bell Challenge – Invitation to Compare & Contrast
Lesson: “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me At All”
Complete poetic language analysis
Teacher Modeling of Process
Writing Prompt: Analysis of Techniques in Poetry

3. Bell Challenge Invitation to Compare & Contrast
Compare & contrast the model sentence from yesterday with the imitation sentence below.
Model Sentence
His room smelled of cooked grease, Lysol, and age.
Imitation Sentence
Hector’s room smelled of Hot Cheetos, gym socks, and lies.
How are they alike & different?
Both sentences are about male subjects, but the model sentences uses a pronoun to define the subject and the imitation sentences use a proper noun.
Both sentences use imagery to describe the smell in the room.
Both sentences use serial commas in their descriptions of the room.
The model sentence description speaks of oldness in its use of idioms while the imitation sentence speaks of youthfulness in its use of idioms.

4. Criteria for Success…
At the end of today’s lesson, we will analyze poetic language to determine the effect it has on the text for the reader.

5. Analyzing Poetic Language
Teach Model

6. Poetic Language Independent Activity
Your Task
Read the “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me At All” by Maya Angelou
Using the provided T-Chart, analyze the poem’s poetic language and its effect on the reader.

7. Poetic Language Pair Activity
Partner Task
In your partnership, compare your individual analysis of the poem with you peer.
Discuss similarities in your analysis
Discuss the differences in your analysis
Answer the following question: How did your individual life experiences affect the way you interpreted and analyzed the poem?

8. Poetic Language Whole Group Discussion
What is the theme or message presented in this poem?
What poetic language devices the Maya Angelou use to convey the message?
What was the overall tone of the poem?
What lines or stanzas helped you to identify the tone of the poem?

9. Exit Ticket: Written Analysis
Your Task
Respond to the following prompt:
What is the author’s purpose for repeating the line, ‘life doesn’t frighten me at all’?”
Explain the effect that the repetition of the line has on the poem.
Cite evidence from the text in your response.