1. Monday, Sept 21 Agenda  Independent reading  Mini-lesson: structure and purpose  “Cat”  “Silver”  Figurative language  Read aloud: making inferences Homework  Find a poem that you like and bring a copy to class  Reading log due Friday

2. Tuesday, Sept 22 Agenda  Independent reading  Poem Analysis  “Your World” independent practice  Read aloud: questioning  Find a poem that you like and bring a copy to class  Reading log due Friday

3. Wednesday, Sept 23 Agenda  Vocabulary Test  Independent reading  Find a poem that you like and bring a copy to class  Reading log due Friday

4. Thursday, Sept 24 Agenda  Library/ Independent reading  Review “Your World”  Mini-lesson:  Comparing structure and purpose  What does it mean to be an American?  American poetry Homework  Find a poem that you like and bring a copy to class  Reading log due Friday

5. Friday, Sept 25 Agenda  Finish American poetry  Journal:  “She was warning me to keep quiet. To wait until I left the island and could write what I wanted. When I didn’t live in a country where silence was self- defense.”  Compare and contrast the idea in the quote to the ideas in the American poems. Homework  HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND