DOL

The Trans-Siberian orchestra to I sounds like harmoniously music?

who will andy and him get dinner for this evening.

HOMEWORKRemember parts of speech are the names of each type of word. Syntax is grammar, which includes parts of speech, but analyzing syntax is more complex than identifying parts of speech.

HOMEWORK

Vocab Cards 6 Complete the right column of a 3-Column

analysis of Vultures by Chinua Achebe Read The House on Mango Street DUE 11/14

VOCAB QUIZ 5Good luck!

VOCAB QUIZ 5

#28 #23

VOCAB QUIZ 5

21.B22.J23.H24.E25.I26.F27.A28.D29.C30.G

11.J12.G13.F14.A15.I16.D17.H18.E19.C20.B

1. B2. H3. F4. I5. J6. G7. E8. D9. C10.A

METACOGNITION:3-COLUMN ANALYSIS

3 areas of focus when analyzing a poem: Column 1: What the poet says

Column 2: What the poet does

Column 3: What the poet implies

COLUMN 1: WHAT THE POET SAYS

Reading for literal meaning Speaker and point of view

Characters

Setting

Situation

Conflict

Do not make inferences at this stage!

COLUMN 1: WHAT THE POET SAYS

Reading for literal meaning Speaker and point of view

Who is the author? Are they in the poem? Theodore Roethke, man, poet, the little boy

Characters Who is in the poem? Papa, son, mother

COLUMN 1: WHAT THE POET SAYS

Reading for literal meaning Setting

Where is the poem?

In a house, in a kitchen, right before bedtime

Situation What are the characters doing?/What is happening to the

characters?

Father and son are dancing a waltz, mother is watching, then father takes the boy to bed

COLUMN 1: WHAT THE POET SAYS

Reading for literal meaning Conflict

What tension is resolved (or shown)?

Possible dangers of the waltz that the father and son are doing

COLUMN 2: WHAT THE POET DOES

What the poet does—reading for writing strategies Diction

Syntax

Mechanics

Imagery

Figurative Language

Tone/Mood

Meter

COLUMN 2: WHAT THE POET DOES

Analyze My Papa’s Waltz for syntax by identifying parts of speech.

Make lists of each type of word in your notebook: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives

COLUMN 3: WHAT THE POET IMPLIES

Making inferences and drawing conclusions Draw conclusions about why the author uses certain strategies

based on the literal content.

Make assertions about what the ultimate effects or learnings are for the reader

What is this poem about? Why do you think what you think?

VULTURESBy Chinua Achebe

VULTURES

Vocab you may need Despondent (adj)—showing profound hopelessness or gloom

Harbingers (n)—messengers that go before something (often something negative)

Gorge (v)—to stuff with food

Telescopic (adj)—a face or the expression on a face

Charnel-house (n)—a place where the bodies or bones of the dead are deposited

Fumes (n)—odors or scents

Offspring (n)—something’s child

Providence (n)—fate or luck

Perpetuity (n)—eternity, an endless existence

VULTURES

…A German officer lodged in the Kahns' house

across the street from us. We were told he was a charming man,

calm, likable, and polite. Three days after he moved in, he

brought Mrs. Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists were jubilant:

"Well? What did we tell you? You wouldn't believe us. There

they are, your Germans. What do you say now? Where is their famous cruelty?”

The Germans were already in our town, the Fascists were already

in power, the verdict was already out—and the Jews of Sighet were still smiling…

From Night by Elie Wiesel

VULTURES: WHAT THE POET SAYS

Take notes on the literal meaning of Vultures. Consider: Speaker and point of view

Characters

Setting

Situation

Conflict

Do not make inferences at this stage!

VULTURES: WHAT THE POET DOES

Analyze Vultures for syntax by identifying parts of speech and syntax features

Make lists of each type of word in your notebook: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives

Make a list of syntax features in your notebook

VULTURES: WHAT THE POET IMPLIES

Homework: Draw conclusions about why the author uses certain strategies

based on the literal content.

Make assertions about what the ultimate effects or learnings are for the reader

What is this poem about?

Why do you think what you think?