1. Learning Objective : Determine the theme of a poem using details from the text and how the speaker in a poem reflects upon the topic. RL 5.2: Determine a theme of a poem from details in the text including characters or how the speaker in a poem reflects on the poem

2. What will we determine today? We will determine the theme of a poem using details from the text and how the speaker reflects upon the topic.

3. Share with your partner what you think the message/theme of the story The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf is? What is your evidence?

4. Theme: the lesson, moral, or message about life or human nature the author wants to convey. Example: What is the theme in the movie Finding Nemo? Theme: Friendship and getting along with everyone. Non Example: Nemo’s dad seeking for Nemo.

5. Step 1 : Read the text carefully (line by line) Step 2: Use details, from the text to determine the theme. Step 3: Choose the best response that describes the theme of the poem. The theme of the poem that best fits is… a. Become a hunter b. Traveling alone in a road c. Making choices d. Making life easier The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. CFU- What is your evidence?

6. The theme of the poem is… a.Friendship with the tree b.Being angry and not expressing yourself c.Having anger and expressing it to others d.All of the above Step 1 : Read the text carefully (line by line) Step 2: Use details, poetry devices from the text to determine the theme. Step 3: Choose the best response that describes the theme of the poem. A Poison Tree by William Blake I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears, Night & morning with my tears: And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both day and night. Till it bore an apple bright. And my foe beheld it shine, And he knew that it was mine. And into my garden stole, When the night had veiled the pole; In the morning glad I see; My foe outstretched beneath the tree. *Wrath- extreme anger; chiefly used for humorous effects CFU- What is your evidence? synonyms: anger, rage, fury, outrage, spleen, vexation, (high) dudgeon, crossness, displeasure, annoyance, irritation;

7. It is important to understand the theme in poetry because: You can understand the author’s message You can understand the main idea You can visualize the big picture (mind-movie) It keeps us interested in what we are reading

8. What did we learn today? To determine the theme of a poem using details from the text and how the speaker in a poem reflects upon the topic. Winter is Coming Winter is coming! The wind that blows Hard from the north, from the land of snows, Nips the fingers and reddens the nose, Whips the branches and tugs the clothes And strips the tree, Till nothing is left of her yellow attire; And hoar frost streaks the chocolatey mire, And crows string like crotchets along the wire, And wanderers think of home and fire, And so do we. --Shirley Hughes Closure The theme of the poem is… A.The harshness and bitterness of winter B.Winter is coming C.The joys of winter my evidence is______________ Hoar- frost Mire- mud Crochets- needle work Attire- outfit Academic Vocabulary Step 1 : Read the text carefully (line by line) Step 2: Use details, poetry devices from the text to determine the theme. Step 3: Choose the best response that describes the theme of the poem.

9. Let’s Practice Determining the Theme of the poem Independently! Measuring Up Pg. 93-97