Learning Objective: 4L2

What are we going to do?

What does determine mean?determine means __________.

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1 determine means findUniversal means common

Vocabulary

What are we doing today?

Partner share

Today we will determine the_______________ of poems by reviewing their _____________, _________, and ____________

APKNemo was clown fish who was taken from his

home after he did not listen to his father. What lesson do you think Nemo learned?

Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and

symbols

Concept Development

What is theme?_______

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Vocabulary

The rhymes and the beats of the poem

Vocabulary you need to know!

Concept Development

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Non Example: Topic is the main idea or the gist of the poem.

Topics Theme

Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and

symbols

How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?

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Concept Development

Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and

symbols

How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?

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Concept Development

Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and

symbols

The lesson we learn through imagery, sound, and symbols of this poem is….

Is this a lesson we can use anywhere in life?

yes

Skill Development/Guided Practice

What is the theme? What is your evidence?

How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?

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The theme is ______________ my evidence from the text is __________________________.

Teacher Model Theme

Read the text Ask, “How do imagery, sound, and symbol shape the meaning of poemDetermine the possible lesson or themeDetermine if lesson is a life lesson or universal

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Dust of SnowBy Robert Frost The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.

Poem had images of a crow and snow from a tree falling

A focus on nature

Has rhyme ABAB

Change of mood

No symbols

Nature can change our mood.

Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and symbols

Skill Development/Guided Practice

What is the theme? What is your evidence?

How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?

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The theme is ______________ my evidence from the text is __________________________.

Teacher Model Theme

Read the text Ask, “How do imagery, sound, and symbol shape the meaning of poemDetermine the possible lesson or themeDetermine if lesson is a life lesson or universal

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Has no rhyme

“to the rhythm of the sun beat is repeated”

No symbols

Remembering ancestors who made a difference in our lives .

They Were My People by Grace Nichols

They were those who cut caneto the rhythm of the sunbeat

They were those who carried caneto the rhythm of the sunbeat

They were those who crushed caneto the rhythm of the sunbeat

They were women weeding, carrying babiesto the rhythm of the sunbeat

They were my people, working so hardto the rhythm of the sunbeat - - long agoto the rhythm of the sunbeat

Women cutting cane

Women carrying and crushing cane

Women weeding and carrying babies

Women working hard in the field in the sun

Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and symbols

Skill Development/Guided Practice

What is the theme? What is your evidence?

How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?

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The theme is ______________ my evidence from the text is __________________________.

Guided Practice

Read the text Ask, “How do imagery, sound, and symbol shape the meaning of poemDetermine the possible lesson or themeDetermine if lesson is a life lesson or universal

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Rhyming pattern is ABCB

Key words are dream

Broken winged bird symbolizes despair

Barren field covered with snow symbolizes despair

Never stop dreaming or give up on your dreams because if you do it will lead to despair

Broken winged bird

Barren/ empty field with snow

DreamsBy Langston HughesHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.

Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and symbols

Skill Development/Guided Practice

What is the theme? What is your evidence?

How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?

CFU

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The theme is ______________ my evidence from the text is __________________________.

Guided Practice

Read the text Ask, “How do imagery, sound, and symbol shape the meaning of poemDetermine the possible lesson or themeDetermine if lesson is a life lesson or universal

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CCSS 4th Grade Reading Informational Text 5.3Describe the cause-and-effect structure of text.

Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.

Determining theme will help you connect with the story, drama, or poem you are reading and better understand the author’s purpose

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Does anyone else have another reason why it is relevant to determine themes? (Pair-Share) Why is it relevant to determine themes? You may give one of my reasons or one of your own. Which reason is more relevant to you? Why?

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Relevance

Theme is the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express

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CCSS 4th Grade Reading Informational Text 5.3Describe the cause-and-effect structure of text.

Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.

Skill Closure

Word Bank

themedetermine

Theme is the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express

Humanityby Elma Stuckey

If I am blind and need someoneTo keep me safe from harm,It matters not the race to meOf the one who takes my arm.If I am saved from drowning

As I grasp and grope,I will not stop to see the face

Of the one who throws the rope.Or if out on some battlefieldI’m falling faint and weak,

The one who gently lifts me upMay any language speak.

We sip the water clear and cool,No matter the hand that gives it.A life that’s lived worthwhile and

fine,What matters the one who lives

it?

Read the text Ask, “How do imagery, sound, and symbol shape the meaning of poemDetermine the possible lesson or themeDetermine if lesson is a life lesson or universal

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