Language Development: Conventions Small-Group Learning Title and Author Genre Pre-reading Analyze Craft Concept / Word Study Conventions Writing to Sources / Vocabulary Skill and Structure Technical / or Author’s Speaking and Vocabulary Style Listening / Research A Blessing Poetry Context Clues Elements of Words that Multiple meaning Conventions: N/A James Wright Poetry: relate to words Verbs and emotions: Verb Tenses lyric poem sound verb devices loneliness action repetition blossom verb alliteration linking figurative verb language tense simile past tone tense present tense future tense Standards L.4 RL.4 L.4 L.1 L.4.a L.4.c Predators Poetry Context Clues Poetic related to Latin Root -dom- Author’s Writing to Linda Hogan Structures plants and Style: Word Compare: gardening: Choice and stanza Tone line wild essay stanza cultivate Diction structure domesticated Denotation two lines Connotations eight lines
Language Development: Conventions Small-Group Learning Title and Author Genre Pre-reading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Technical / Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research A Blessing James Wright Poetry Context Clues Elements of Poetry: lyric poem sound devices repetition alliteration figurative language simile tone Words that relate to emotions: loneliness blossom Multiple meaning words Conventions: Verbs and Verb Tenses verb action verb linking verb tense past tense present tense future tense N/A Standards L.4 L.4.a RL.4 L.4 L.4.c L.1 Predators Linda Hogan Poetry Context Clues Poetic Structures stanza line stanza structure two lines eight lines related to plants and gardening: wild cultivate domesticated Latin Root -dom- Author’s Style: Word Choice and Tone Diction Denotation Connotations Writing to Compare: essay