December 1, 2015
E.Q: Analyze the main idea of the poem.
Create meaning based on your interpretation.
Obj: I can analyze Harlem Renaissance poetry.
Starter:
Interest Survey
Please fill out the interest survey.
When you are finished, go over your responses in the Poetry Analysis Worksheet.
Activity:
Read through the the poem by Hughes linked above, and complete the worksheet that we used for the practice.
Use the Poetry Analysis Worksheet to create your analysis.
Make sure to make a copy of this document and place it in your assignment folder.
You may work with ONE partner.
Make sure that this assignment is in your Google Drive.
We will go over this as a class.
2. Poetry Analysis
Today will be devoted to reviewing poetry further.
At each table, you will be assigned a poem.
Individually, read the poem and annotate it.
When you are done annotating, write a brief summary of the meaning of the poem.
Things to Consider
Title
Overall meaning
Tone
Setting
Audience
Figurative Language
Theme
Next, you will compare notes with your table.
What did you have in common?
How did you interpret it differently?
Collaborate with each other for one coherent analysis that you will then create a concept map.
Branches
Title Meaning
Summary
Setting
Author's Purpose
Poetic Devices
Theme
Closure:
Using the Learning Target Form assess yourself on your understanding of poetry.
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