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Quinn English Unit One Poetry Collection Week 2. Presentation

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Task:  Students will analyze how poets use figurative language and structure to develop tone and create an emotional Impact. Standards:  10.R.1.2: Theme and Central Idea, 10.R.1.4:  Figurative language

Bell Work: Laptop log onto Office 365 and open Textbook page 77. You have been assigned.  A: “Incident” by Natasha Trethewey. OR B: “Who Burns Bright for the Perfection of Paper” by Martin Espada OR C: “For My People” by Margaret Walker One person from each group: Open to Office 365 create and share a ppt presentation with your table mates. Follow the directions below. Days 2-3 (Day 2 create; day 3 finalize and post) Bell Work: Textbook page 77. You have been assigned. A)   “Incident” by Natasha Trethewey. OR B)    “Who Burns Bright for the Perfection of Paper” by Martin Espada OR C)    “For My People” by Margaret Walker Read about the poet and the background of your assigned Poem. (Page 77) 1.      Write one fact about the author to help you understand the poem better. 2.     Based on the background, what can you infer is the author’s intention for this poem? 3.     Follow the directions below.

A “THE INCIDENT” by Natasha Trethewey. Read and annotate the poem with your group two times before starting the ppt. Be sure to know the main idea and identify at least one literary element before starting the ppt.

Slide one: Title, Author, Names of students A fact about the author and the author’s intention Add an image

Slide 2: What story does the speaker’s family tell every year? Describe the mental image that the reader has while visualizing the poem.  How does creating mental images help a reader better understand the poem? Add an image

Slide 3: Which details in the poem suggest a sacred occasion? What is the tone? How do these images contrast with the events in the poem?  What is the effect of the contrast?  Add an image

Slide 4: In a coming-of-age narrative, a young person moves from a state of innocence to one of knowledge in what ways is “The Incident” a coming-of-age work identify details from the poem that show the perspective of an innocent child and at least one other that shows the perspective of the adult speaker explain your choices. (In other words, compare this poem to “For My People” create a chart or Venn diagram comparing the two.

Slide 5: Identify a quote that addresses an analogy, simile, metaphor, imagery, parallelism, or repetition. Explain how the author uses this quote and figurative language as to clarify something for the reader. Add an image

Slide 6:  How does this poem inspire change? 3-5 sentences. Add an image.

B “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper” by Martin Espada. Read and annotate the poem with your group two times before starting the ppt. Be sure to know the main idea and identify at least one literary element before starting the ppt.

Slide 1: Title, Author, Names of students A fact about the author and the author’s intention

Slide 2: In the first stanza of “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper” what causes the speaker's hands to burn? What effect does this have on the reader, concerning working conditions? Add an Image.

Slide 3:  What is the tone? In what ways does the idea of burning take a deeper and more extended meaning in the poem?  Explain. Find a quote to support your thinking Add an image.

Slide 4: Read page 85 third paragraph that talks about graphic quality. Think about the concepts of order, free from conflict, the painstaking process of manufacturing legal pads, and how infrequently the consumer thinks about the person behind the manufactured goods. Describe the graphic qualities of “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper”. How might the effect of the poem change if all the lines were longer and more uniform? How did these differing lengths of stances fit the ideas they each express?  Add an image.

Slide 5:  Identify a quote that addresses an analogy, simile, metaphor, imagery, parallelism, or repetition. Explain how the author uses this quote and figurative language as to clarify something for the reader.  Add an image.

Slide 6:  How does this poem inspire change? 3-5 sentences. Add an image.

C “For My People” by Margaret Walker.  Read and annotate the poem with your group two times before starting the ppt. Be sure to know the main idea and identify at least one literary element before starting the ppt.

Slide 1: Title, Author, Names of students A fact about the author and the author’s intention

Slide 2:  What is the central idea of the stanzas? What is one quote that supports this idea? What is the effect on the reader?  Add an image.

Slide 3: What is the tone? What is parallelism and alliteration?  Identify an example of parallelism or alliteration in one of the stanzas and explain the intended effect on the reader. Add an image.

Slide 4:  Who are the “people” that the speaker refers to in the title of the text of “For My People”? Identify details in the poem “For My People” that speak of one individual's experience. What is the Harlem Renaissance?  Define it. Add an image.

Slide 5:  Identify a quote in stanza four that identifies what African American children learned in school. What did you notice about parallelism or symbolism? What is Walker’s intention?  Add an image

Slide 6:  Which elements of the poem repeat, either exactly or very closely? What qualities connect the images in each stanza?  In what ways does the final stanza differ from the other stanzas?  Find a quote to support your thinking. Add an image.