January 8, 2019

Objective:  I can analyze how authors’ choices concerning how to structure their poetry contribute to their overall structure and meaning as well as aesthetic impact (RL11-12.5).
Agenda:

• Entry Task: Look at our class brainstorm of historical figures.  How many women are represented? How many authors?
  
• Follow along to “Phenomenal Woman” read by the poet, Maya Angelou
  
  • Share what you notice about the structure and word choice in the poem
    
  • Review the rubric for the Phenomenal Woman project option
    
    • If you choose this option, you can choose from the brainstorm, or you can use the list attached to the poem template based off Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls to help you select a woman of interest to you
      
    • This is the most guided of all of the options if that is helpful to you
      
• Follow along to “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
  
  • Share what you notice about the structure and word choice in the poem
    
• Follow along to “In Every Season” from Out of Wonder
  
  • Share what you notice about this poem written about Robert Frost--how does it use similar structure and word choice as “The Road Not Taken”?
    
  • Review the rubric for the Poet Magazine project option
    
    • If you choose this option, you may look at the Out of Wonder book for ideas on poets if you do not have your own
      
• Take out your Children’s Book rubric and compare the three options
  
• Exit Task:  In your notebook, write down the historical figure you would write about for each.