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Expressions of perspective

Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School January 8, 2015. Expressions of perspective. Preliminaries. In your small groups, read their odes from the previous night ’ s homework.

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Expressions of perspective

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  1. Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School January 8, 2015 Expressions of perspective

  2. Preliminaries • In your small groups, read their odes from the previous night’s homework. • In their journals, respond to the following prompt: “How has writing an ode about a common object changed your view of the object?” • Share.

  3. Objectives: • The students will be able to identify the perspective of a speaker. • The students will be able to connect the perspective to the poet’s feelings and possible reasons behind the writing of the poetry. • The students will be able to explain how gender and experience influence a poem.

  4. Focus Lesson: Expressions… • Literary Terms • Prose poem • Soliloquy • Dramatic monologue • Allusion • Dialect • Small Groups: • Each group will be assigned one of the following poems: • “Hands: For Mother’s Day,” p. 84 • “Lucinda Matlock,” p. 85 • “Thinkin’ on Marryin’,” p. 91–92 • “Same Song,” p. 462.

  5. Focus Lesson: Expressions… • Small Groups (con’t.) • In your groups, select someone to read the group’s assigned poem aloud. • Respond to the questions about your text on the handout (exit ticket). • Class (BONUS) • One student from each group will read their poem/text to the class. • Discuss responses to the questions. After the final group (“Thinkin’ on Marryin’”) has presented, discuss how this text informs the reading of the excerpt from “Hands: For Mother’s Day.”

  6. Focus Lesson: Expressions… • Review of Reading Strategy • Pictures and captions • Title • Biographical information • “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” • Small Groups: • Divide the class into 1/3s. • Each group will be assigned one of the following poems: • “A Storm in the Mountains” (Elements… p. 459) • “Eating Together” (Elements… p. 466) • “The Legend” (Elements… pp. 472-3) • Each group will establish the perspective of their respective poem by completing the poetry analysis form (exit ticket) • Gallery walk.

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