who the speaker is—often if you can figure out who is talking, you can make better sense of the poem. you may want to USE THE TITLE to help with this. Sentences/ “Reading Chunking”—this strategy asks you to read the WHOLE SENTENCE instead of stopping at the end of each line. Sentences are still the unit of meaning in poems, even though the line breaks can distract us from that. If you get confused, try pretending the poem is just a regular book, and read the whole sentence. Thursday alliteration repetition of Ask students to a – “Daily” initial consonant sounds, Work” catalog poem in which the like sells seashells” images work together to “Sally Key Discussion Questions create a unified onomatopoeia words or (in addition to or in place impression. – phrases that sound like of ordinary ones) –you what they mean, like may turn this into the They may directly “fry to crisp strips” because assignment for tonight and Work” “imitate” “Woman strips” sounds like give them time to WRITE if they’d like to. “crisp the sound made by frying a catalog poem on Friday if you prefer. got homework to do, “I’ve consonance repetition of Identify what the science projects to glue, – consonant sounds items in (etc)” “Daily” ANYWHERE in a word, are and what they like sells seashells“ have in common. Try to express the assonance repetition of overall – vowel sounds impression that ANYWHERE in a word, the list gives us. like over moon!” Write a sentence “move on the bottom of Introduce the idea of a that “Daily” catalog poem. A catalog describes how the poem consists of a list of list in is “Daily” images that is meant to different than the communicate an overall list in “Woman impression. It’s sort of the Work.” opposite of a grocery Go through both list. In a grocery list, each poems and item is important, because identify the sonic you want to get all of them devices (see when you’re at the above) that you
who the speaker is—often if you can figure out who is talking, you can make better sense of the poem. you may want to USE THE TITLE to help with this. “Reading Sentences/ Chunking”—this strategy asks you to read the WHOLE SENTENCE instead of stopping at the end of each line. Sentences are still the unit of meaning in poems, even though the line breaks can distract us from that. If you get confused, try pretending the poem is just a regular book, and read the whole sentence. Thursday alliteration – repetition of initial consonant sounds, like “Sally sells seashells” onomatopoeia – words or phrases that sound like what they mean, like “fry to crisp strips” because “crisp strips” sounds like the sound made by frying consonance – repetition of consonant sounds ANYWHERE in a word, like sells seashells“ assonance – repetition of vowel sounds ANYWHERE in a word, like “move over moon!” Introduce the idea of a catalog poem. A catalog poem consists of a list of images that is meant to communicate an overall impression. It’s sort of the opposite of a grocery list. In a grocery list, each item is important, because you want to get all of them when you’re at the “Daily” Work” Key Discussion Questions (in addition to or in place of ordinary ones) –you may turn this into the assignment for tonight and give them time to WRITE a catalog poem on Friday if you prefer. Identify what the items in “Daily” are and what they have in common. Try to express the overall impression that the list gives us. Write a sentence on the bottom of “Daily” that describes how the list in “Daily” is different than the list in “Woman Work.” Go through both poems and identify the sonic devices (see above) that you Ask students to a catalog poem in which the images work together to create a unified impression. They may directly “imitate” “Woman Work” if they’d like to. “I’ve got homework to do, science projects to glue, (etc)”
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