Thursday, September 19, 2013

Learning Objectives:

• To define and categorize tone words
• To analyze tone in a text
• To relate physical challenge to the idea of heroism
• To analyze poetry for theme

Opening:

1.  HW Check and Review page 8.  

• Which words fit in which category?
• Which words were left out?  List them on page 9.
• What category do they all belong to?

2. In your Class Notebook, underline diction, denotation, and connotation and ensure that each is defined.

• Add "diction" and its definition.

3. Identify the tone of the passage at the bottom of page 9.

• Underline/highlight the phrases or words that suggest the tone.
• Label the tone in the margin.

4. In your Class Notebook, write an Internal Monologue that clearly demonstrates the tone you were assigned yesterday (see yesterday's work).

Work Period:

5. "A Man" on page 10.  Predictions based on the Title?

• Try reading aloud in TWO VOICES

Theme:

• How is this "man" considered a hero?
• What is the challenge of his life now after the war?

Poetic Form:

• Why is the poem in two stanzas?
• What is the effect of having the last four lines as a new stanza?

Literal vs. Figurative

• What do you think about the last two lines?  
• Literal Wing?
• Figurative Wing?

TP-CASTT on page 11.

• Work through the remainder of the questions on page 11 as you continue your analysis of the poem.

Tone:

• What words describe the "man" before and after the SHIFT?

Theme:

• What is the central message of this literary work?
• What comment is the poet making about the man's challenge?

Closing:

6. Class Notebook:

• In a Circle Map, identify the Qualities of Heroism shown by the central figure in "A Man"

7. SpringBoard page 12-13:

• Based on the Title "Moco-Limping", what do you think the poem might be about?
• Continue the TP-CASTT in your small groups or independently tonight.