TERM ONE: Poetry, Narratives, Paragraph Writing
- Rhyme
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Alliteration
- Onomatopoeia
- Imagery
- Stanza
Check out this video to help with review...Poetic Devices review...
Review and practice in creating and interpreting poetic devices through the strategy of "visualization" will be explored. Student knowledge of these devices will be assessed with a quiz. Afterwards, students will write various poems focusing on word choice and application of the poetic devices.
Review and practice in creating and interpreting poetic devices through the strategy of "visualization" will be explored. Student knowledge of these devices will be assessed with a quiz. Afterwards, students will write various poems focusing on word choice and application of the poetic devices.
Understanding poetic rhythm will be rehearsed with reader's theater group readings.
With formal teacher guidance we will read different poems, focusing on different close reading strategies. As a class, we will complete a shared reading of Hiawatha's Childhood by Henry Longfellow with some teacher guidance.
Narratives (short stories) focus on the study of these literary elements:
With formal teacher guidance we will read different poems, focusing on different close reading strategies. As a class, we will complete a shared reading of Hiawatha's Childhood by Henry Longfellow with some teacher guidance.
Narratives (short stories) focus on the study of these literary elements:
- Plot
- Character
- Setting
- Conflict
- Theme
As a review, we will do shared readings of various narrative genres as a whole class exploring how these elements are applied in the narrative. Students will complete a quiz about these elements.
With formal teacher guidance, we will complete a shared reading of After Twenty Years by O. Henry focusing on various close reading strategies. Students will complete a follow-up writing assignment based on this narrative.
From this point, the class will move forward using this knowledge to apply their understanding of narrative elements with graphic novels.
Graphic Novels focus on the study of how the following elements are used to tell narratives.
- Illustrations
- Panel
- Speech bubble
- Thought bubble
- Caption
- Burst
- Sound effects
- Gutters
- Frame
- Bleed
- Extreme close-up
- Close-up
- Wide-angle
- Perspective
Check out this video to review...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83H0nQvIbeA
Students will read a five-chapter graphic novel in small groups. Each group will read a different graphic novel, and each student will participate in a reading interview of one chapter with the teacher. They will work towards understanding how illustrations and text work together to tell a narrative. The cumulative activity includes the group performance of a reader's theater based on one of the chapters.
TERM TWO: Essays, Class Novel Study, Media Deconstruction
Five paragraph formal essays are explored through guided writing practice. The format of introductory paragraph with thesis statement, three paragraphs in the body of the essay, and a concluding paragraph that restates the thesis and ends with a powerful statement is discussed.
Class Novel Study is a shared reading of one of the novels shown below. Each chapter will be read while simultaneously listening to the audiobook. Discussion of the five elements of narratives (plot, character, conflict, theme, and setting) will occur during the reading at key points. Assignments include:
Five paragraph formal essays are explored through guided writing practice. The format of introductory paragraph with thesis statement, three paragraphs in the body of the essay, and a concluding paragraph that restates the thesis and ends with a powerful statement is discussed.
Class Novel Study is a shared reading of one of the novels shown below. Each chapter will be read while simultaneously listening to the audiobook. Discussion of the five elements of narratives (plot, character, conflict, theme, and setting) will occur during the reading at key points. Assignments include:
- vocabulary and punctuation activities
- daily plot summaries
- written literature responses
- character analysis essay
Media Deconstruction examines various aspects of historical and contemporary media forms deconstructing message in the media by asking questions such as:
- Who is the target audience?
- What techniques are being used?
- What or who is missing?
- Is the media biased?
- Why are some perspectives obvious and others unclear?
- What is the message?
