1. 2/05 Do Now Preview “Should Kids Play Football”
SWBAT: Analyze the an argument using the text.

2. CC.1.2.8.A KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS (MAIN IDEA)
SWBAT preview article
V: Vocabulary: List unfamiliar vocabulary terms. 2 terms total I: Index: SKIP E: Establish a Purpose:Create 2 questions about article. W: What is your connection?: How does the article connect to what you know about sports injuries? 3 lines
Previewing as Pre- Reading
P: Predict: I predict… R: Review: Which sub-title would you read 1st & why? 2 lines E: Examine Visuals: List 1 fact from one of the pictures. Read the captions!
CC A KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS (MAIN IDEA)

3. 02/05 Agenda Complete Preview Read “Should Kids Play Football”
Answer assessment questions.
Finish Poetry Packet
Homework: Simile worksheet

4. 2/06 Do Now Write definition:
An epigraph is a brief quotation at the beginning of the text that may refer to the theme of the poem.

5. 02/06 – “Find Work” SWBAT analyze the poem by answering multiple choice questions
CHECK HOMEWORK
Class Starter: “Find Work” p. 431
Is the poem traditional or free verse? Why?
How many stanzas & how many lines in each stanza?
Lines 1-5 are an epigraph. An epigraph is a brief quotation at the beginning of the text that may refer to the theme of the poem. In what way might the epigraph suggest the theme for “Find Work”.
Who is the speaker (voice)?
What is the tone of the poem? Sarcastic and Demanding OR Sympathetic and Proud

6. 02/06 – “Find Work” SWBAT analyze the poem by answering multiple choice questions
Traditional– couplets, regular rhythm, structured pattern, sonnet (14 line poem)
14 lines – 1 stanza = sonnet
Emily Dickinson’s poem suggests that everyday tasks can be important in someone’s daily life. The need to “find work” cam be very important.
Granddaughter
Sympathetic and Proud

7. 02/07
SNOW DAY

8. 02/08
EAGLES PARADE

9. Agenda: “My Mother Enters the Work Force” page 433
2/09 – “My Mother Enters the Work Force” SWBAT analyze figurative language in a chart
Agenda: “My Mother Enters the Work Force” page 433
RITA DOVE BIO VIDEO –
dove/
Read Poem
Free Verse
Text in Focus video

10. TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
2/09– “My Mother Enters the Work Force” SWBAT analyze figurative language in a chart
TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
LINE #/EXPLANATION
METAPHOR
LINE 9-11 – the sewing machine is compared to a train
SIMILE
PERSONIFICATION

11. TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
2/9– “My Mother Enters the Work Force” SWBAT analyze figurative language in a chart
TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
LINE #/EXPLANATION
METAPHOR
LINE 9-11 – the sewing machine is compared to a train
SIMILE
Line 13 – velvet is compared to a forest
Line 12 – taffeta cloth is compared to quicksand
PERSONIFICATION
Lines – the sewing machine singing suggest that work becomes a big part of a person’s character