Today's Objective: Students will analyze and compare a series of poems dealing with parent/child relationships.
Today's SAT Word: Personification (v.): Applying human traits to non-human things
Today's Soundtrack: "Not Afraid" (Radio Edit) by Eminem
We have chosen this song today because it is rich with figurative language. For today's warm-up quiz, students will analyze an excerpt of this song and identify how certain poetic techniques are used.
Today's Warm-Up Question: Students will analyze the latter half of the final verse of Eminem's "Not Afraid." Here, we will identify rhyme scheme and stanza breaks while we locate examples of simile, imagery, and metaphor.
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Today's In-Class Reading Assignment:
"Piano" by D.H. Lawrence (L.O.L. 229)
"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden (L.O.L. 230)
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
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