view Epic, Epic Hero, Epic Simile, Archetype, Point of View, Epithet, Static Character, Dynamic Character, Round Language/ Character, Flat Character Academic Vocabulary: Teachers, please contribute to this section as you engage your students in the use of technology and multi-media Technology/ tools. BCS ELA CCSS Unit 4: Poetic Devices Grade Level: 9 Time Span: 2 weeks Unit Overview: In this unit, students will study some of the so they can become poets themselves. world’s most famous poems RL 9 Comparison of texts/authors CCSS – L 3 - Style/Effective language choices Grade Specific L 5 Figurative language/ word relationships – Standards: L 6 Academic/ domain-specific vocabulary – emphasized/ assessed in this unit of study Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: - lyric Suggested Anchor “My Papa’s Waltz” Have students create a scrapbook page that expresses the same lyric Text: “Grape Sherbert”- feelings as those presented in Ask My Ask my Mother to - lyric “My Papa’s Waltz,” “I “I Sing” Mother to or Sing,” “Grape Sherbet.” to - ode “Ode Socks” Write to an an “Ode Orange” to an -ode “Ode Onion” Highlight and label figurative language - narrative “Oranges” 3 column chart ( quote, type of figurative language, purpose) Road not - lyric “The Taken”
view Language/ Academic Vocabulary: Epic, Epic Hero, Epic Simile, Archetype, Point of View, Epithet, Static Character, Dynamic Character, Round Character, Flat Character Technology/ Teachers, please contribute to this section as you engage your students in the use of technology and multi-media tools. BCS ELA CCSS Unit 4: Poetic Devices Grade Level: 9 Time Span: 2 weeks Unit Overview: In this unit, students will study some of the world’s most famous poems so they can become poets themselves. CCSS Grade Specific Standards: emphasized/ assessed in this unit of study RL 9 – Comparison of texts/authors L 3 - Style/Effective language choices L 5 – Figurative language/ word relationships L 6 – Academic/ domain-specific vocabulary Suggested Anchor Text: “My Papa’s Waltz” - lyric “Grape Sherbert”- lyric “I Ask my Mother to Sing” - lyric “Ode to Socks” - ode “Ode to an Onion” -ode “Oranges” - narrative “The Road not Taken” - lyric Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: Have students create a scrapbook page that expresses the same feelings as those presented in “My Papa’s Waltz,” “I Ask My Mother to Sing,” or “Grape Sherbet.” Write an “Ode to an Orange” Highlight and label figurative language 3 column chart ( quote, type of figurative language, purpose)