Honors Due Thursday:
1. Complete SPOTTTS analysis for William Carlos Williams poem (choose 1 of 3)
2. Complete SPOTTTS analysis on the poem you selected from the 8 poems provided ("Identity," "Seven Ages of Man," "The Road Not Taken," "Strange Fruit," "Mother to Son," "Habitation," "To the Harbormaster")
*Please e-mail me if you do not see your name.
3. Write at least 1 new poem ( inspired by 1 of the published poems, William Carlos Williams or the 8 poems for small group presentations of SPOTTTS)
Learning Objectives for today:
Agenda:
Quick write: How do poets and poems "excite the reader's imagination"? Consider your own "wordpool" poems as well as favorite published poems and poets.
Read, annotate "The Bean Eaters" by Gwendolyn Brooks (independent + class annotation on the whiteboard)
Guided practice: SPOTTTS analysis of "The Bean Eaters"
("think aloud" then review 1 reader's SPOTTTS analysis --see the other side)
Applied practice: "This is just to say" by William Carlos Williams (see SPOTTTS graphic organizer provided)
Select a poem for independent + group practice (see 8 poems)
Where we're going and why:
The GRASPS for this unit requires you to "read like a professor," recite a poem, and write poems. This is our first opportunity to apply the SPOTTTS method for poetry analysis.
Thursday we will have protected time in small groups to discuss SPOTTTS analysis and prepare presentation for the class. Please visit the main unit page "Dangerous Words" and see the small group demonstration rubric, which we will flesh out more during class.
At least 2 groups will present Thursday. The rest o f the groups will present on Monday next week.
Yes, we will also have protected time for several of you to share your poems. :)
1. Complete SPOTTTS analysis for William Carlos Williams poem (choose 1 of 3)
2. Complete SPOTTTS analysis on the poem you selected from the 8 poems provided ("Identity," "Seven Ages of Man," "The Road Not Taken," "Strange Fruit," "Mother to Son," "Habitation," "To the Harbormaster")
*Please e-mail me if you do not see your name.
3. Write at least 1 new poem ( inspired by 1 of the published poems, William Carlos Williams or the 8 poems for small group presentations of SPOTTTS)
Learning Objectives for today:
- to describe the way poets and poems "excite the reader's imagination"
- to explain the way poets use poetic devices to create and convey meaning
Agenda:
Quick write: How do poets and poems "excite the reader's imagination"? Consider your own "wordpool" poems as well as favorite published poems and poets.
Read, annotate "The Bean Eaters" by Gwendolyn Brooks (independent + class annotation on the whiteboard)
Guided practice: SPOTTTS analysis of "The Bean Eaters"
("think aloud" then review 1 reader's SPOTTTS analysis --see the other side)
Applied practice: "This is just to say" by William Carlos Williams (see SPOTTTS graphic organizer provided)
Select a poem for independent + group practice (see 8 poems)
Where we're going and why:
The GRASPS for this unit requires you to "read like a professor," recite a poem, and write poems. This is our first opportunity to apply the SPOTTTS method for poetry analysis.
Thursday we will have protected time in small groups to discuss SPOTTTS analysis and prepare presentation for the class. Please visit the main unit page "Dangerous Words" and see the small group demonstration rubric, which we will flesh out more during class.
At least 2 groups will present Thursday. The rest o f the groups will present on Monday next week.
Yes, we will also have protected time for several of you to share your poems. :)