1. Please copy your homework into your agenda.
Do Now:
Please copy your homework into your agenda.

2. Please open to a clean piece of paper and title your page “Oranges” by Gary Soto.
Take notes as I read the poem to you.

3. Definition of Sensory Details
Sensory details are words, phrases or sentences that let the reader see, smell, taste, touch or hear something.

4. What active strategies do you use while listening?
Tune out distractions.
Focus on reader.
Take notes.
Listen for important ideas.
Write down main ideas, key points.
Listen for Who? What? Where?
When? Why? How?

5. While I read the poem “Oranges”, by Gary Soto, you should use your active listening skills and strategies as you write information that you think will be important to your understanding of this poem.
Listening Activity

6. Do Now: Please take out your homework.
Then take out your notes and worksheet on “Oranges”.

7. Please read over the poem, “Oranges”.
As you read, highlight or underline all the phrases that contain sensory details.
Label each phrase:
See, hear, touch, smell, taste

8. Sensory Details Sights Sounds * porch light burned yellow *tiny bell
*face bright *dog barking
*grey of December *hissing cars
*light in her eyes *frost crackling
*breath before me * quietly placing
*looked like a fire (the orange)
*fog hanging
*seeing the lady’s eyes

9. Sensory Details Continued
Touching Smell/Taste
*fingered a nickel *peeling the orange
*peeling the orange *candy
*touched her shoulder *opening candy bar
*took my girl’s hand
*pulled out her glove
*way down in my pocket

10. Do Now: Please write your homework in your agenda.
Then take out your poem, “Oranges”.

11. Examples of similes
The bell was like a call, bringing someone to assist.
The porch light burned like a bright fire through the night.
The frost was like glass under my feet, shattering as I walked.
The porch light burned as bright as the sun on a hot summer day.

12. “Oranges”- Sequence of Events
1. He walked with a girl first time.
2. They went to the drugstore
3. He bought the girl a chocolate.
4. He paid with a nickel and an orange.
5. The saleslady accepted his payment.
6. He held the girl’s hand, and they eat
chocolate and orange.

13. Weather Cold Breath before me Frost cracking
Weighted down in my jacket
Gloves
Grey, December sky

14. Analysis 1. the orange and the fire against the gray day.
2. Even though it is a cold and gray day, the speaker feels WARM because his date has turned out well AND the saleslady
showed compassion.

15. Do Now: Please write your homework in your agenda.
Then open to your literature section of your binder.
Look through notes on “Oranges”.
Please answer in writing:
What do you think the boy learns in the poem, “Oranges”?

16. Theme  message or lesson about life the author conveys to the reader.
What do you think the boy in the poem
“Oranges” learned from this experience?
What did Victor learn from his experience in “Seventh Grade”?

17. Themes for “Oranges”
We can feel warmth and happiness even on the coldest of days, because someone showed compassion.
Always be considerate of others.

18. Themes for “Seventh Grade”
Everyday is a new day to start again, and change things.
Be yourself, people should like you for who you are not who you pretend to be.
Golden Rule- Treat others the way you want to be treated.
Don’t lie to get what you want, or to impress people.
We can learn from our mistakes
Finding ourselves is a process of trial and error.
Sometimes we have to work hard for what we want.

19. Compare “Oranges” to “Seventh Grade”
Create a Venn diagram
List at least 3 similarities between the two pieces of literature.
List how they are different as well

20. Similarities:
Both have an adult who is understanding and shows compassion.
Both have a boy trying to impress a girl.
Gary Soto- author
Both a descriptive details
Both learn to treat others the way you want to be treated.
Both boys are 12 years old.

21. Seventh Grade
Oranges ll

22. Differences: Oranges outdoors,
“Oranges” is a poem, “Seventh Grade” is a short story
“Oranges” more sensory details

23. Review-
Look through your notes and create 2 possible quiz questions for “Seventh Grade” and “Oranges”.

24. Writing Response:
Try to write at least a half page in your literature section of your Writer’s Notebook on the following question:
How was Victor in “Seventh Grade” affected by his environment?
How was the boy in “Oranges” affected?