Monday, January 27th

Goals: 

• I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

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Dishwasher cats says: 

• Next Commonplace notes due Wednesday, January 29th, when we finish the book! 
• Friday Thesis statements (or topics) for papers! 
  

1. Poetry Quick Fire Challenge

Step One:  Planning . (15 minutes)  Meet with your group and discuss the poem: 

1. What are the most interesting or important lines of the poem you studied?
2. What makes those lines significant? Can you categorize the lines (e.g., imagery, simile, tone shift)?
3. Working backwards a bit, how do your observations CREATE the poem’s theme?
4. What is the most precise and nuanced word/s for the poem’s theme? 
5. Going back to your evidence, evaluate it. What is the strongest evidence in support of the precise, nuanced theme?

Step Two: Creation (40 minutes) 

Create an intentionally designed product that highlights or illuminates a poem’s theme and demonstrates your understanding of the meaning of the poem and your literary expertise. 

Product must include: 

• Poem’s title & author
• Theme
• 3 pieces of strong and well-considered evidence (that create theme in poem and support theme in analysis)
• A way of explaining how the evidence supports the theme

Step Three:  Gallery Walk & Judging

• ​Which product best fulfills the project requirements? 

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