5 Paragraph Informational Poetry Essay

The questions is, what do I need to know in order to analyze and write poetry?

You will first make a list of things you will have to know.

Then you will create a list of questions to ask yourself while you research and learn about poetry.

You will use your Cornell Notes sheet to collect important terms' definitions.

Your next step is to read through this website, Introductory Paragraph.

You will then need to learn about a thesis statement by clicking here.

We will then view the 5 paragraph essay powerpoint.

After you have an understanding of how to write a good introduction, you will begin to fill out the below outline.

Compare Different Media

Students will learn to compare and contrast the themes, imagery, plot and character development differences when reading a story to when listening to a story.

Students will read the story, "The People Could Fly," as well as listen to the clip, The People Could Fly.

Students will use a Venn Diagram or a T-Chart in order to organize their information.

Context Clues

It is imperative that students be able to read complex pieces of texts and use word attack skills to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. If given the proper skills, students will be able to read at an increasingly higher level. Click the below links to go through lessons over Context Clues.

Context Clues Lesson

Mrs. Getty's Context Clues Lesson

Modern Day Slavery and the Holocaust

Often, we find ourselves in this imagined state of a post racial society. But then, we come across a news article, a video or a friend's account of someone calling them a racial slur. In our class, we are learning about the Holocaust as we read the story, Boy in the Striped Pajamas. We will be answer two major questions. How could the Holocaust happen? Could something like the Holocaust ever happen again? Our culminating project for this unit will be to design and publish a magazine or newspaper that is devoted to answering one of these questions. Your newspaper/magazine must have the following components:

Theme (You can use a quote from videos we watch or anything we read to develop the theme of your project)
A combination of 6 Articles/Poems/Fiction/Book Review/Movie Review
6 Photographs
2 Advertisements

As the editor of your newspaper/magazine, the only thing you will write in your project is the Editor's note. You will take submissions of writing from your classmates and you will have to submit writing to your classmates' magazines/newspapers.

Lets begin on the journey of discovering the answers to our questions by watching the below videos.

CNN and The Freedom Project

Understanding Prejudice

Oprah intervies Elie Wiesel

One Clip at a Time

More Figurative Language and Now Imagery

We are going to continue to discuss figurative language throughout the year. Please watch the below videos so that you can get an idea of how to use figurative language.

Imagery or sensory language is the language that appeals to your 5 senses of sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste. Please use the below pictures to write a paragraph that is full of imagery or sensory language.

Context Clues

Context clues help us become discoverers of language. By seeking out context clues and using them as the keys to help us unlock the mystery of unfamiliar words, we are equipping ourselves with a skill that will help us in every aspect of our lives. With the ability to look for and utilize context clues, you will be able to read and understand just about anything. Context clues are everywhere in the things we read. Please see the below explanation of the different types of context clues.

There is one other example of context clues that was not included on this sheet. We must also discover the meanings of word parts so that we can put the definitions of the word parts together like a puzzle to figure out what the larger word means.

Unpleasant has 2 word parts. Un is the prefix meaning not and pleasant means friendly. If you put both word parts together you can get the definition of the larger word - not pleasant.

Now it is your turn to use your context clues to help you discover new words.

Generalizations

We are going to begin to discuss making generalizations. A generalization is a broad conclusion that is drawn from several examples or pieces of evidence. A statement of a story's theme is a kind of generalization. Please look at the power point in class to get a better idea of how to make a generalization.

Take a look at the graph below, we will make this graph as we read through "The All-American Slurp."