Block 2 seating ChartWhite Board

Antonio

Brittany

Angelina

Monica

Jorge

Nick

Amber

Christian

Aleah

ThomasUrielFederico

Isella

Brenda

Steven

Your 5-point daily participation grade is based on CLA’s core-values:

CLA Students are S.M.A.R.T.

SMART (Participation) Grade (5 min)

What do you deserve today?*One point for each core-value (5 points possible each day). I reserve the right to change these

grades.

S = Self-Controlled

M = Motivated

A = Accountable

R = Respectful

T = Timely

Each day YOU will decide the grade you deserve.*

Do Now (5 min)

What does TPCASTT stand for?

(Hint: Look at p. 233)

Poetry Analysis of I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and Harlem

Activity 3.16

1. Do Now (5 min)2. Objectives (1 min)3. Review TPCASTT (5 min)4. Together-Read Harlem (5 min)215. Together-Read I Wandered Lonley as a Cloud(5

min)6. TPCASTT Sheet for Young and I Wandered Lonely

As a Cloud(25 min)7. Closing (1 min)8. Exit Slip (5 min)9. Participation Grades (3 min)

Agenda

Objectives (2 min)

Language (How you will master the knowledge)By:

1. Writing notes in a TPCASTT template

Content (The knowledge you’ll master today)SWBAT:

1. Analyze Harlem and “Hope” Is The Thing With Feathers

Review TPCASTT (5 min)

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TitleMake a prediction. What do you think the title means before you read the poem.

ParaphraseRestate the main ideas of the poem in your own words.

ConnotationWhat words/phrases suggest beyond their literal meaning. The idea/feeling a word causes in your mind.

AttitudeDescribe the speaker’s attitude. Use specific adjectives (descriptive words) to describe your ideas.

ShiftDescribe where the poem appears to shift, either in subject, speaker, or tone.

Title revisitedRe-examine the title. What do you think it means now in the context of the poem?

ThemeWhat do you think is the underlying message about life expressed in this poem?

Objective: SWBAT: Analyze a poem for connotation and theme by writing notes in a TPCASTT worksheet

Focus on connotation!

-“Dear Sirs Of Course I’ll come”-“I’ve packed my galoshes”-“If it helps any, I will tell you, I’ve always felt funny using chopsticks”

Focus on ThemeObjective: SWBAT: Analyze a poem for connotation and theme by writing notes

in a TPCASTT worksheet

· Beauty of simplicity · Capitalism – effect on the individual · Change of power - necessity · Change versus tradition · Chaos and order · Character – destruction, building up · Circle of life · Coming of age · Communication – verbal and nonverbal · Companionship as salvation · Convention and rebellion · Dangers of ignorance · Darkness and light · Death – inevitable or tragedy · Desire to escape · Destruction of beauty · Disillusionment and dreams · Displacement · Empowerment

· Emptiness of attaining false dream · Everlasting love · Evils of racism · Facing darkness · Facing reality · Fading beauty · Faith versus doubt · Family – blessing or curse · Fate and free will · Fear of failure · Female roles · Fulfillment · Good versus bad · Greed as downfall · Growing up – pain or pleasure · Hazards of passing judgment · Heartbreak of betrayal · Heroism – real and perceived · Hierarchy in nature · Identity crisis

Together-Read I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (5 min)21

Objective: SWBAT: Analyze a poem for connotation and theme by writing notes in a TPCASTT worksheet

p. 236

Together-Read I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (5 min)21

Objective: SWBAT: Analyze a poem for connotation and theme by writing notes in a TPCASTT worksheet

p. 237

Block 2Here are the partners:

Group 1Antonio, Steven, Ellie, Amber

Group 2Monika, Jorge, Valentine, Christian

Group 3Uriel, Brittany, Brenda

Group 4Thomas, Federico, Aleaha

Group 5Isela, Nick, Angelina, Joseph

Block 3Here are the partners:

Group 1Savannah, Jazzy, Glendi, Darrell

Group 2Greg, Michelle, Jakeela, Ahsten

Group 3Illycia, Samuel, Adrianne, Quevon

Group 4Bianca, Jalen, Alexander

Group 5Jose, Julian, Troy, Elizabeth

TPCASTT Sheet for I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and Harlem (25 min)Objective: SWBAT: Analyze a poem for connotation and theme by writing notes

in a TPCASTT worksheet

p. 236-237

Closing (1 min) Did you master the following objectives?

Language (How you will master the knowledge)By:

1. Writing notes in a TPCASTT template

Content (The knowledge you’ll master today)SWBAT:

1. Analyze I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and Harlem

Exit Slip (5 min)

What is one of the themes in

Harlem? Why?I Wandered Lonely as

a Cloud? Why?

Your 5-point daily participation grade is based on CLA’s core-values:

CLA Students are S.M.A.R.T.

SMART (Participation) Grade (3 min)

What do you deserve today?*One point for each core-value (5 points possible each day). I reserve the right to change these

grades.

S = Self-Controlled

M = Motivated

A = Accountable

R = Respectful

T = Timely

Each day YOU will decide the grade you deserve.*