LESSON 4

Unit Review

Figurative Language & Poetic Elements

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• Central Idea
• Figurative Language
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Poetic Elements
• Repetition
• Alliteration
• Rhyme
• Form

Unit Review:

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• modeled after “Learning to Love America”
• focusing on repetition & figurative language

Unit Assignment: Because Poem

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You will be writing about characteristics of your family, neighborhood, culture, or identity that are unique and that you want others to learn about.

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1. Think about what you want the central idea and subject of your poem to be

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Unit Assignment: Because Poem

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2. What is the title of your poem?

Remember: This will be the statement/phrase to which the rest of your poem responds.

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• For example, Shirley Geok-Lim’s poem responds to the title of the poem “Learning to Love America”
• The list of reasons that makes up the poem tells why she learned to love America

Unit Assignment: Because Poem

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Unit Assignment: Because Poem

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Sharing & Working with Partner Feedback

1. Each person in the pair should share their poem’s subject and title (if you have a title for the poem) with your partner.
2. Ask one question or give one comment on the subject or title. Write this down on your “Because Poem” worksheet.
3. Find a new partner and repeat steps 1 & 2.

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• What emotions are you trying to focus on in your poem?
• What parts and traits of the subject and your relation to it are you going to focus on in your poem?
• What are some important events in your family or community’s history?
• What traditions, activities, or practices are unique to your family, culture, or community?

Unit Assignment: Because Poem

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• The rest of the class will be spent working on the Because Poem and this worksheet.
• Keep the Because Poem assignment in mind and use the prompts to create some of the figurative language for your poem.

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Unit Review + Practice Worksheet

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AAPI Women Voices:

Unit Review + Practice Worksheet

Sample Sentence:

Finishing the reading homework for history was as easy as two+two. (simile)

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• Bring a rough draft of your Because Poem to class tomorrow.
• You will need this for Lesson 5 classwork
• Does not need to be typed, but must be written as a poem🡪 just filling out the worksheet does not count
• Lesson 5: Unit Wrap-Up
• Poem revisions (form) and presentations (extra credit)
• Unit Evaluation—class discussion

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Lesson 5 Preview

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• Poem has a clear central idea or subject
• Poem is at least 10 “Because” lines long
• Contains at least one simile and one metaphor
• Contains at least one example of alliteration or rhyme
• Contains at least two examples of form
• Grading will also take into account the grammar, spelling, and proper punctuation throughout the poem.
• Does not have to be typed, but must be written neatly and clearly.

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Requirements & Expectations for Because Poem

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Curriculum Developer:

Prabhneek Heer

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Curriculum Contributors:

Patricia Kwoh

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Lesson 4: Unit Review (Figurative Language & Poetic Elements)

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