1. Take out your TPCASTT poem analysis.
As you enter class...

2. First Activity
You will take us through the PCASTT analysis of your poem.
The poem will be on the screen, and you will narrate your findings.
I will ask questions for clarification and elaboration.

3. ROQC Writing For a major grade.
Use your TPCASTT analysis to help you answer.
Follow ALL directions to earn the highest grade.
Do not talk--this is an independent assignment.

4. ROQC Writing For a major grade.
Use your TPCASTT analysis to help you answer.
Follow ALL directions to earn the highest grade.
Due tomorrow if you don’t finish today.

5. Today’s Activity
We will revise yesterday’s ROQC short answer in order to receive a passing grade.

6. Problems I Found Summary rather than analysis given.
Both parts of question not addressed.
Text evidence was not specific to your answer.
Connection did not explain WHY or HOW; it told me another example of WHAT happened.
Which problems did yours have?

7. And this?

8. Step 1: RO Rephrase the question and give your opinion.
What is the major conflict in the poem “Station,” and how is it conveyed?
The major conflict of the poem “Station” is the fact that the narrator both laments her child’s illness and enjoys the time they spend together addressing it, and Hummel’s imagery of their journey conveys this.

9. Step 2: Q
Add evidence that actually supports your opinion.

10. Step 2: Q Add evidence that actually supports your opinion.
“I carry you down the black steps” “Crooked smile;” “I hold you like a hole holds light;” “They cannot fix you”
Although the narrator’s child is so sick she must “carry [him] down the black steps,” the bond they develop on their trips to the doctor gives her a “crooked smile.” She embraces him “like a hole holds light” to cherish this moment because doctors “cannot fix [him].”
Because I am writing about conflict, I chose two positive and two negative examples of evidence.

11. Step 3
Connect your evidence to your opinion by explaining HOW and WHY it is proof.
The narrator understands that with every day, her time with her loved one draws shorter. This troubles her, but she cannot help but enjoy the close relationship they develop because of it. She, like any human would be, is both grateful and spiteful of the situation because of the confusion it causes, which Hummel’s imagery illustrates.
WHY the situation saddens her.
WHY the situation makes her happy.
WHY this creates conflict.

12. Full Response
The major conflict of the poem “Station” is the fact that the narrator both laments her child’s illness and enjoys the time they spend together addressing it, and Hummel’s imagery of their journey conveys this. Although the narrator’s child is so sick she must “carry [him] down the black steps,” the bond they develop on their trips to the doctor gives her a “crooked smile.” She embraces him “like a hole holds light” to cherish this moment because doctors “cannot fix [him].” The narrator understands that with every day, her time with her loved one draws shorter. This troubles her, but she cannot help but enjoy the close relationship they develop because of the disease. She, like any human would be, is both grateful and sorrowful of the situation because of the emotional confusion it causes, which Hummel’s imagery illustrates.