Teacher: Josh Jackson Unit: Poetry / Hip Hop what is metaphor and how we use it in our poems. Assessment SW: Write poems about struggle based around a central metaphor.
Teacher: Josh Jackson Unit: Poetry / Hip Hop what is metaphor and how we use it in our poems. Assessment SW: Write poems about struggle based around a central metaphor.
Teacher: Josh Jackson Unit: Poetry / Hip Hop what is metaphor and how we use it in our poems. Assessment SW: Write poems about struggle based around a central metaphor.
What is metaphor and how do we use it in our poems.
Learner Objectives Know, Understand, and Do using Bloom's Taxonomy & SWBAT SWBAT: Understand and use metaphors in their writing. Assessment SW: Write poems about struggle based around a central metaphor. Resources Derrick Rose Video, The Rose That Grew From Concrete, Definition of Metaphor Common Core State Standard Activity Assessment and Learning Activities
Metaphor: The Rose That Grew From Concrete
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Instructor Will Have what is a metaphor on the board.
- Have the class discuss what a metaphor is and
come up with a definition for it.
- Ask students to think of some metaphors that
they know of, clarify that a metaphor is not a simile, life is like a box of chocolates is not a metaphor. (Have students get into teams to think of metaphors, whichever team can think of the most metaphors wins)
- Go through each group and have them share
their metaphors, compose a list of these metaphors
- Have 2 students pass out the poem The Rose
That Grew From Concrete Then have a student read through the poem.
- Ask for initial responses? What is the
metaphor? What does it represent? What is the poem about? Do you like the poem? What does the rose represent? What does the concrete represent?
- Show students The Rose That Grew From
Concrete video asking them to focus on these questions: What is different? What effect doe the visuals have on the poem? How do we understand it better?
- Have students discuss the video of the poem
and ad.
Student Will Students will think of what a metaphor is.
- Discuss as a class what a metaphor is and
come up with a definition.
- Think of specific metaphors that we know
from past experience. Choose a team to work with in thinking up metaphors.
- Teams will share their metaphors with the class
to see who has the most
- Receive the poem from the teacher, then
someone will read through the poem.
- Students will discuss their initial response to
the poem.
- Watch the video thinking about the questions
on the side.
- Discuss what they think and what effect the
video has on them. What is it like when you hear the poem read and spoken with effect as opposed to read
Metaphor: The Rose That Grew From Concrete
- As the discussion finishes explain to students that I want them to write a poem of about a time or in their life how they have struggled or grown from concrete. (12 Lines, 1 Metaphor) Make sure students know before hand that we will be sharing poems. Write a poem while students are writing as well.
- Coordinate students sharing, try to have new
students participate from the day before.
- Students will begin writing poems about their
struggles, using one metaphor and making the poem 12 lines.
- Students will share their poems if there is time.