Anticipation Guide

ANSWERS(wait till the end!)

TRUE/FALSE You should read a poem aloud.

TRUE/FALSE You should read through lines

breaks without pausing.

TRUE/FALSE Song lyrics aren’t poetry.

Lesson Objective:

SWBAT read a

poem aloud in his/her own voice

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“Awww, do I have to read it aloud?”

Would you call this blueprint a house?

NO!!!

The poem is just a blueprint.

Your voice brings the poem to life!

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“Do I pause at a line break?”

Notice what these two poets do:

“We Real Cool”

Gwendolyn Brooks

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We real cool. WeLeft school. We

Lurk late. WeStrike straight. We

Sing sin. WeThin gin. We

Jazz June. WeDie soon.

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a red wheelbarrow

glazed with rainwater

beside the whitechickens.

“Do I pause at a line break?”Notice what these two poets do:

“The Red Wheelbarrow”

William Carlos Williams

The answer…?

Sometimes stop, sometimes go! It’s your choice!

“Do I pause at a line break?”

Is Tupac a poet?The poet Nikki Giovanni brings Tupac’s poetry to life.

The Rose That Grew From Concrete Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared.

Essential Questions

What did we do today? How did we do this? Why did we do this?

Why do we read a poem aloud?

Do we read through a line or not?

How did you read Tupac’s lines? Why?

Remember the Anticipation Guide?

Anticipation Guide – ANSWERS!

You should read a poem aloud.

You should read through lines

breaks without pausing.

Song lyrics aren’t poetry.

TRUE!

BOTH!

FALSE!