1. Intro/Welcome (3 min.

)
2. Journal Prompt (4 min.)
3. Reading (8 min.)
4. Anticipatory Set (5 min.)
a. The hardest part about poetry is trying to find the deeper meaning in poets
words.
b. Read a Silverstein poem and explain connotation vs. denotation
5. Instruction (10 min.)
a. Input: Review vocab terms: tone, mood, Extended metaphor: metaphor
extended, Implied metaphor, simile, imagery, memoir, stanza, hyperbole,
onomatopoeia, alliteration
i. Alliteration: repetition of consonant sounds one right after another
1. buttercup baby
2. Misused, Mistakes
3. teal turtle
ii. Personification:
1. If heaven and hell decide / that they both are satisfied
2. a lazy ocean hugs the shore
3. So bright the sun is ashamed to rise
4. Its the soul that needs a surgery
5. You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
6. Cus I get a thousand hugs from ten million lightning bugs
iii. Denotation: the dictionary meaning of a word; the literal meaning of the
word. House is a building with 4 walls and a roof, sometimes a basement
iv. Connotation: the emotional and imaginative association surrounding a
word. It could be the metaphorical or figurative meaning of a word; it
could be the emotions connected to a word for a reader or writer
1. a house is also where my family lives, where I feel comfortable,
its my home --- where you make connections as a
reader/listener
b. Gradual Release: 7 Step Making Meaning Protocol (45 min.)
i. Model (I do, You watch) Analysis for Skylight Man, following all 7 steps.
Students watch the first 3 steps, then help me fill out the next 2, then fill
out the final 2 steps on their own.
ii. Partners (You do, I help) for next analysis students choose which poem
to analyze with a partner.
iii. Self (Workshop Model) (You Do, I watch) Students analyze the last poem
on their own, following the 7 steps.
6. Closure (5 min.)
a. How did the 7 steps help you to analyze a poem? What step was the most
helpful in making meaning of this poem?




Differentiation:
To modify: Students on IEP only need to finish analyzing one poem with group or on their own.
It is important for them to practice following the 7 steps while analyzing a poem.
To extend: Students on ALP can practice analyzing these poems on their own.