1. Poetry Analysis-Music
Freshman Literature

2. How does poetry effect our everyday lives?
Do Now
How does poetry effect our everyday lives?

3. S.M.A.R.T Goal
By November 17th, 80% of the students in Mrs. Caffey’s Freshman Lit course will be able to analyze poetry and songs evidenced by their depiction activity and poem projects.

4. Objective Students will be able to:
Analyze song lyrics via Discussion Chips Activity
Evaluate their knowledge of the elements of poetry by taking the elements of poetry post-assessment

5. Homework: Due This Week
What’s your favorite poem? (List title and author, and write the poem out) If you don’t have a favorite poem, find a poem that speaks to you. What similes and metaphors are present? What is the central idea of this poem?

6. HOT Questions
Why does music and poetry have the power to change our emotions? What has been your experience with music or poetry changing or confirming how you feel?

7. Recap-“An Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins
Tone
Mood
Theme/Message

8. Review-Poetry Elements
Definition
Example
Simile
A figure of speech that compares two or more things using “like” or “as”
“As brave as a lion”
Onomatopoeia
Using words that imitate the sound they denote
“Boom” or “Pow”
Metaphor
A figure of speech that compares two or more things
“The curtain of night" or "all the world's a stage."
Personification
Giving non-human things human qualities
“The waves clapped with a thunderous sound”
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
“I’m starving”
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.
“ABAB” or “AABB” Example Here
Internal Rhyme
a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.
Example Here
Stanza
is a grouped set of lines within a poem
End Rhyme
when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same

9. Post Assessment
Kahoot.it

10. Poem/Song Review “Hey Black Child” by Countee Cullen
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
“Might Not Be OK” by Kenneth Whalum
“Immortal” by J. Cole
Tone?
Mood?

11. Kagan’s Discussion Chips Activity We will read silently, then popcorn read
“Hanging Tree” by Elijah Blake
Hanging Tree
What did your group find most interesting about this song?
Why is this song important?

12. Kagan’s Discussion Chips Activity We will read silently, then popcorn read
“We Will Not” by T.I
Warzone
How would you summarize this song?
Was there anything about this song that was difficult to hear? Explain.

13. Discussion Questions
What is the overarching message that both songs have in common?
What tone does each song have? Explain your answer.
What emotions do these songs evoke? Explain your answer.
What things did you think about while listening to each song?

14. Exit Ticket
Compare and contrast the two songs “We Will Not” and “Hanging Tree”. How are they similar? How are they different? What is the overarching message