Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School December 11, 2014

Preliminaries  Complete the Quickwrite activity on p. 435.

Objectives:  The students will be able to read a poem rhythmically.  The students will be able to identify and define extended metaphors.

Focus Lesson: “Hope…”  Video: Emily Dickinson’s description of poetry  Prereading for the main idea  Class Reading: “Hope is The Thing” (p. 435)

Focus Lesson: “Fog”  Pre-reading for the main idea  Class Reading (p. 440)  Divide into small groups and complete questions #1-#3 on p. 443.