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Start-Up Group DiscussionWith your group, discuss the following:

Have you ever seen someone being made fun of or picked on for being different? Did you do or say anything about it? Why or why not?Start-Up Class DiscussionHave you ever seen someone being made fun of or picked on for being different? Did you do or say anything about it? Why or why not?Start-Up - WritingNow write about the following:

Have you ever been made fun of or teased for doing or thinking something different from your peers? How did it feel? How did you handle it?

Todays ObjectiveBy the end of the period, students will analyze a poem, including its theme and literary devices. They will also compare and contrast two poems with similar themes.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4Emily Dickinson(1830 1886)Born, raised, and almost never left Amherst, Massachusetts.Began writing poetry as a teenager. Wrote much more later in life.From the 1860s through her death in 1886, she rarely left her home. One reason was because she was providing care for her sick mother. Some say that the biggest reason was that she suffered from agoraphobia and depression.Most of her writing was not discovered or published until after her death. She wrote almost 2,000 poems and about 12 were published during her lifetime (anonymously).

Poetic DevicesRhythm

Rhyme

Imagery

Alliteration

Metaphor

Symbolism

Theme the beat of a poem

repetition of similar sounds in two or more words

words and phrases that appeal to the senses, paint pictures

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

comparing two unlike things without using like or as

using one thing to represent something else

the main idea or meaningEmily Dickinson vs. Vincent Deray and Nicolay SerebaYou and your VERTICAL partner will each share one poem. Following the instructions on your paper, you will analyze your poem together.In your pairs, you will answer the questions on the page about your poem.

Emily Dickinson vs. Vincent Deray and Nicolay SerebaWhen both pairs are finished with their analysis, they will share their poem and analysis with the other pair.As a group, fill in the Cannon Comparison Chart, finding the similarities and differences between the two poems.

Cannon Comparison ChartThis chart works like a Venn Diagram. The outer two columns are used to fill in ways the two poems are different.The center column is used to fill in ways the two poems are the same.Share OutLets see who came up with some good similarities and differences.

If your groups chart has any blanks, use what your classmates have to say to fill them in.Exit TicketHow were the themes of the two poems you read similar? What was the main idea they were both expressing? Do you agree with them?Start-Up Group DiscussionIn your group, discuss the following:

There is an old saying/rhyme that goes,Sticks and stones may break my bonesBut words will never hurt me.

Do you believe that saying is true or false? Why?12Start-Up Class DiscussionThere is an old saying/rhyme that goes, Sticks and stones may break my bonesbut words will never hurt me.

Do you believe that saying is true or false? Why?13Start-Up - WritingDo you remember the last time someone gave you a compliment? How about the last time someone insulted you or said something unkind?

Which do you remember more?Why do you think that is?14Todays ObjectiveBy the end of the period, students will analyze a poem, including its theme and literary devices. They will also compare and contrast two poems with similar themes.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.415Poetic DevicesRhythm

Rhyme

Imagery

Alliteration

Metaphor

Symbolism

Theme the beat of a poem

repetition of similar sounds in two or more words

words and phrases that appeal to the senses, paint pictures

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

comparing two unlike things without using like or as

using one thing to represent something else

the main idea or meaning16Emily Dickinson vs. Alicia KeysYou and your VERTICAL partner will each share one poem. Following the instructions on your paper, you will analyze your poem together.In your pairs, you will answer the questions on the page about your poem.

17Emily Dickinson vs. Alicia KeysWhen both pairs are finished with their analysis, they will share their poem and analysis with the other pair.As a group, fill in the Cannon Comparison Chart, finding the similarities and differences between the two poems.

18Cannon Comparison ChartThis chart works like a Venn Diagram. The outer two columns are used to fill in ways the two poems are different.The center column is used to fill in ways the two poems are the same.19Share OutLets see who came up with some good similarities and differences.

If your groups chart has any blanks, use what your classmates have to say to fill them in.Exit TicketWhich do think are more powerful, the words we say or the words we should say but dont?Why?21