1. Steve Jobs
This unit was created by the Louisiana Department of Education in partnership with LearnZillion. It includes approximately 36 days of instructional materials including classroom-ready materials, assessments, graphic organizers, and texts.

2. Jaguar Jumpstart
Write a story about a time that you attempted something and failed.
Your story should be at least five complete sentences.
For five points of extra credit, draw a picture with it. It does not have to be artistic. Just do your best.

3. Analyzed how sections of a text fit into the overall structure ….
Yesterday, we… ….
Analyzed how sections of a text fit into the overall structure ….
Looked at how events are introduced and elaborated on in a text

4. examine causes results
Review of New Vocabulary… ..
Analyze = _____________ carefully; identify __________, factors (related things), and ___________ .
examine
causes
results

5. Story #1 Story #2 Story #3 Introduction Conclusion
REVIEW: The Structure of Writing: ..
Your writing should have an …
Introduction
Story #1
Story #2
Story #3
Conclusion
Body

6. Read a poem entitled “To Failure,” by Philip Larkin ….
Today, we will… ..
Read a poem entitled “To Failure,” by Philip Larkin ….
Determine the meaning of various phrases in the poem …
Analyze events and ideas in the poem .

7. say words secondary think New Vocabulary..
Paraphrase = to _______ it in your own __________.
Connotation = ________________ meaning; what it makes you ________ about .
say
words
secondary
think

8. attitude author changes feel New Vocabulary..
Tone = the _____________ of the ____________.
Shifts = major _____________ in how the poem makes you _______ .
attitude
author
changes
feel

9. social addressed New Vocabulary..
Theme = the main _____________ issue being _______________ .
social
addressed

10. A little bit about…
…the author!

11. TO FAILURE
You do not come dramatically, with dragons That rear up with my life between their paws And dash me butchered down beside the wagons, The horses panicking; nor as a clause Clearly set out to warn what can be lost, What out-of-pocket charges must be borne
Expenses met; nor as a draughty ghost That's seen, some mornings, running down a lawn.
It is these sunless afternoons, I find Install you at my elbow like a bore The chestnut trees are caked with silence. I'm Aware the days pass quicker than before, Smell staler too. And once they fall here some time.
- By Philip Larkin

12. understand theme teach Concepts..
The goal of reading a poem is usually to __________________ its meaning or ___________.
We ask: What is the author trying to __________ us? .
understand
theme
teach

13. Concepts ..
One of the best ways to figure this out is to __________________ the poem. .
paraphrase

14. To the best of your ability, PARAPHRASE this section.
TO FAILURE
You do not come dramatically, with dragons That rear up with my life between their paws And dash me butchered down beside the wagons, The horses panicking; nor as a clause Clearly set out to warn what can be lost, What out-of-pocket charges must be borne Expenses met; nor as a draughty ghost That's seen, some mornings, running down a lawn.
To the best of your ability, PARAPHRASE this section.

15. To the best of your ability, PARAPHRASE this section.
It is these sunless afternoons, I find Install you at my elbow like a bore The chestnut trees are caked with silence. I'm Aware the days pass quicker than before, Smell staler too. And once they fall here some time.
To the best of your ability, PARAPHRASE this section.

16. Just for Fun…
…the My Little Pony version

17. Application:
Work with your partner to complete the chart.

18. Let’s Share! Application:
Work with your partner to complete the chart.
Let’s Share!

19. Some talking directly to failure.
Larkin is saying that failure does not just show up dramatically one day but instead it creeps in and buries itself in him until one day he happens to notice it is there.
The poet treats Failure as if it were a person or creature, which is personification. He also uses simile when he writes, “I find, Install you at my elbow like a bore”.
It seems as though the poet is almost talking to a person he has known a while but doesn’t like. The tone is regretful.
The language in the first stanza very loud and dramatic. It almost seems as if he is angry. The shift comes in the end where he begins to seem more regretful.
The theme of the poem is that failure happens and can often go unnoticed. The poet describes this throughout the poem using figurative language and exaggeration.
The theme of the poem is failure. Failure is not out of the ordinary. Failure is simply to realize that there has been no point to your life, and the regret that accompanies it.

20. Let’s Close! . ..