7 Day Unit: Day 41-Month Unit Day 6

Words Unlocked: Day 4Agenda: Do Now: What do these images mean? Notes: Alliteration & Symbolism Glossary: Alliteration & Symbolism Guided practice: Identify and analyze the

poems Independent practice: Write your own poem!

Directions: Identify what the objects mean and write what they mean to you in the box below the image.Do

NowWhat does this object mean? What does this object mean?

What does this object mean? What does this object mean?

Today’s ObjectivesSW

• define, identify, and analyze alliteration and symbolism is poetry.

• create an original poem using alliteration and symbolism.

Directions: Before we take our notes, read & think, pair, share.While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

… from The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

What do you notice about how Edgar Allen Poe creates the sound in these lines? Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;

… from The Road not Taken by Robert Frost

What do you think the “roads” represent?

Notes: Alliteration & Symbolism

Questions & Key Words Details

What is alliteration? •Alliteration is the repetition of a certain sound at the beginning of a set of words in the same line.

Where is alliteration used in these lines?

•I’m trying to live it to the limit and love it a lot.

Where is the alliteration? _____________________________________

•Peter piper picked a pickled pepper.

Where is the alliteration? _____________________________________

Cornell Notes: Alliteration & Symbolism continued…

Questions & Key Words Details

Create a line of poetry that uses alliteration:

What is symbolism?

•Symbolism is an object or image that represents something other than its literal meaning.

What are some examples of symbols?

Why do you think a poet might incorporate alliteration and/or symbolism into his or her poem?

Let’s add to our glossary!

Alliteration

Definition: _____________________________________________________________

Example(s):

Symbolism

Definition: _____________________________________________________________

Example(s):

Directions: I’ll read this poem and answer the questions about the use of alliteration and/or symbolism by the poet.

Untitled by Daniel S.

As I live in this life Loving the long-lasting days Looking in the sky at the sun’s ?amazing rays Every moment, every minute, every ?month must be a memory thoughtthat walks through the thin and thick Two-sided path in your head. My life has been reordered and remembered by the recipients -That remorse on the river of long-?lasting painI’m like a grain of sandThere’s many like me But my grainIs mine.

1. Underline places where the poet uses alliteration.

2. What does the alliteration do to this poem? ___________________________________

3. The following line is an example of which poetic device?

I’m like a grain of sand_______________________________

4. What does the sand represent to the poet? ___________________________________

5. What is this poem about? What is the meaning of this poem? ___________________________________

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Directions: Let’s read this poem and answer the questions about the use of alliteration and/or symbolism by the poet.

Got to Stop the Rain by Daniel H.

I need to change so it won’t rainIf I’m doing the wrong thing it’s going to rain.I don’t mean to do what I do, but it’s In my brain. Mother asks me everyday to Change ‘cause if I don’t it’s going to rain.I don’t like the rain because it wants me toChange. I am human but don’t like the rain.When I’m ready to change that’s when it’s Going to stop raining. Mother keeps tellingMe I’m making it rain but I don’t knowHow, ‘cause I’m still the same. Little didI know, I never saw the rain. Every timeShe says it’s raining, I never saw it. ThenOne day I walked in my house and sawIt raining. What I saw was my mother Crying because I didn’t change but whenI changed it stopped raining.

1. Does the poet use alliteration in the poem? Yes/No

2. The “rain” is an example of which poetic device?

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3. What does the rain represent?

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4. What is this poem about? What is the meaning of this poem?

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Directions: Read this poem and answer the questions about the use of alliteration and/or symbolism by the poet.

Caged Birdby Maya Angelou A free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his wingin the orange sun raysand dares to claim the sky. But a bird that walksdown his narrow cagecan rarely see throughhis bars of ragehis wings are clipped andhis feet are tiedso he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird singswith a fearful trillof things unknownbut longed for stilland his tune is heardon the distant hillsfor the caged birdsings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breezeand the trade winds soft through singing treesand the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawnand he names the sky his own. But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreamshis shadow shouts on a nightmare screamhis wings are clipped and his feet are tiedso he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird singswith a fearful trillof things unknownbut longed for stilland his tune is heardon the distant hillfor the caged birdsings of freedom.

On Your

Own!!

Questions for Caged Bird

1.  Does the poet use alliteration in the poem? Yes/No

2.  What are the two opposite symbols used by Maya Angelou in this poem?

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3.  What does the free bird represent?

4.  What does the caged bird represent?

5. What does the caged bird want that the free bird has?

6. What is this poem about? What is the meaning of this poem?

7. If you were to change this poem and create two opposing symbols like Maya Angelou ?did, what 2 objects could you use to show what Maya Angelou is talking about?

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NOW: Create your own poem of at least 8 lines, using both alliteration and symbolism. The topic for today's poem is YOU.

·The theme of your poem is YOU!

·You must use at least 1 example of alliteration and at least 1 symbol

·Your poem must be at least 8 lines long

·You can always include other poetic devices!

After 10 minutes, we will...SHARE OUT!!

Wrap it up!

1. What is alliteration?

2. What is the effect of alliteration?

3. Why might a poet use alliteration?

4. What is symbolism?

5. What is the effect of symbolism?

6. Why might a poet use symbolism?