Transcript POETRY - Literacy

Setting the Tone: Journal Writing
If you could be just like
anything in the world, what
would it be? Elaborate on
why you would be this
object, person, or idea.
Purpose
 What are you learning?
– Identify similes
 Why are you learning this?
– To understand how to group the parts of a
poem, so it will be easier to read and
comprehend.
Grammar: Combining Sentences
Which sentences are correct?
1.
Johnny went to the store and came home with a pack of chips.
2.
I can run 2 miles, and my friend can only run 1 mile.
3.
One late afternoon, Anne walked gracefully through the forest with the
tall pines.
4.
You can run, but you can not hide.
5.
You can spend the night with me, but you can go home.
Combine the sentences.
1.
ELA is a hard subject. It can be a fun.
2.
Mrs. Beard is the principal of Loris Middle School. She wants us to do
well on PACT.
3.
The store is down the road. It is a grocery store.
4.
The daisies swayed. They were beautiful. They swayed in the breeze.
The breeze was tender.
Crafting the Lesson (Me)
 A simile is a
comparison of two
things using the words
“like” or “as”.
 EXAMPLE: Her face
was as round as a
pumpkin.
Some Examples of
Similes
Smells
like flowers
As slow as a snail
White like snow
As light as a feather
Sings like an angel
As sweet as candy
As cold as ice
Crafting the Lesson (We)
Imagine a squishy snail
As big as a wobbly whale,
Imagine a large lark
As big as a stout shark,
Imagine a bumble bee
Just like a snapping tree,
Imagine a talking toad
Just like a cracking road,
Imagine a handsome hare
As big as a colossal chair,
Imagine a grinning goat
As long as a zooming boat
And a swishing flea
the same size as mini me
• Does the poem have
rhyme? If so, where?
• Are there any alliteration or
onomatopoeia?
• Is there a refrain in the
poem?
• How many stanzas are in
the poem?
• Pick out the similes in the
poem?
A Birthday
My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a watered shoot;
My heart is like an apple tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickest
fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves and pomegranates
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves and silver fleur-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.
- Christina G. Rossetti 1830-1894
Composing Meaning
(Two)
 With a partner, read
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the poem, “A
Birthday.”
Write down the
number of stanzas
Use the letters of the
alphabet to write
down the different
sounds.
On the left of the
paper, write down the
similes and the two
dissimilar objects that
are being compared.
Write down any
refrains.
Composing Meaning
A Birthday
My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a watered shoot;
My heart is like an apple tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickest fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
a
b
c
b
d
c
e
c
Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves and pomegranates
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves and silver fleur-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.
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g
h
g
h
g
i
c
- Christina G. Rossetti 1830-1894
(Two)
 Similes
1. Heart – Bird
1
2
(playful, happy)
2. Heart – Apple
Tree (full of love)
3. Heart – Rainbow
Shell (calm,
peaceful)
 Refrain:
My Heart is like ..
My Heart …
My love is come to me
Composing Meaning (You)
 Read the poem, “The Willow and Ginkgo.”
 On the left side of the paper, put a number
beside each stanza, beginning with 1.
 Use the letters of the alphabet to represent
different sounds.
 Underline the similes.
 Write down the two dissimilar objects that
are being compared.
 Circle the refrains.
Reflecting:
 What is a simile?
 Give an example.