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Poetry: We Wear the Mask

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How does the poet use sounds to convey the conflict the speaker explores in the poem?

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Table of Contents

Skills Focus

• Build Your Vocabulary: Map a Word
• Cornell Notes: Poetic Structure

Overview and Connect

• Find Your Purpose for Learning
• Share Your Personal Connection

Read and Check

• Share Your Reflections
• Test Prep Strategy: Summarizing a Text (Optional)

Analyze / Engage with the Text

• Highlight and Annotate

Summarize

• Write a Summary

Develop / Build Your Argument

• Share Your Argument Builder

Draft and Review / Create your CERCA

• Peer Editing Activity
• Reflect on Your Writing

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Extension Activities

• Creative Writing: Reciting Poetry
• Reciting Poetry: Poetry Out Loud
• Inquiry to Research: Asking Questions of the Texts

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S K I L L S F O C U S

Build Your Vocabulary: �Map a Word — Perspective�

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Synonym (similar or like word)

Antonym (opposite word)

Picture of Vocabulary Word

Vocabulary Word and Definition

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Part of Speech

Root Word or Origin

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Sentence Using Vocabulary Word

Instructions: Analyzing key vocabulary words will help you better understand the texts you are reading. Word mapping can also help the words "stick" in your memory. Complete the map below with the vocabulary word provided in the title. Use a dictionary if necessary. Fill as many boxes as you can.

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S K I L L S F O C U S

Cornell Notes: Poetic Structure

Instructions: Take notes on the Direct Instruction lesson using the organizer below. Then summarize and reflect on the next page.

Complete the Direct Instruction lesson online at learn.thinkcerca.com

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S K I L L S F O C U S

Cornell Notes: Poetic Structure

Summarize and Reflect

In your own words and in complete sentences, write a 3–4 sentence summary of this Direct Instruction lesson. An accurate summary will cover the lesson's central ideas and include important details to support those ideas.

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Record your summary here:

O V E R V I E W A N D C O N N E C T

Find Your Purpose for Learning

Instructions: When you have finished reading the Overview for this lesson, answer the following questions in the space below:

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What more would you like to learn about how poets use words to convey meaning, create atmosphere, and spark emotions? What would you like to know about why poets choose certain poetic forms to express a theme or message?

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Read the Overview provided at learn.thinkcerca.com

O V E R V I E W A N D C O N N E C T

Share Your Personal Connection

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Complete the Connect section for this selection at learn.thinkcerca.com

Instructions:�

1. Think: On your own, think about your experiences related to the topic.
2. Pair & Share: With a partner, group, or a trusted listener, share the parts of your response that you feel comfortable sharing.
3. Reflect: If time permits, reflect on your experience. What ideas did others share that you hadn't considered? How were your ideas alike?

R E A D

Share Your Reflections

Instructions: During or after you have finished reading, find the questions in the text marked Pause and Reflect. These questions may help you understand the text, or they may help you connect the text to yourself, to other texts, or to the world around you.

Use the space on the left below to answer the reflection questions. Then discuss your answers, noting how they were similar or different.

Record “Pause and Reflect” answers here:

Record discussion reflections here:

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Refer to the Pause and Reflect questions within the Read section of the lesson at learn.thinkcerca.com.

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S T E P 2 : R E A D

Test Prep Strategy: Summarizing a Text

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Before you answer questions about a text, summarize it! Writing a summary allows you to anticipate questions that teachers and test-makers might ask.

First, read the poem. Then, write a 2-3 sentence summary below. Your summary should use the SOAPSTone strategy—identifying the Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone—to summarize the poem.

• "The speaker of the poem..."
• "He/She is speaking at the moment when..."
• "The audience is readers who might feel __ about __"
• "The purpose of the poem is to convey the idea that __"
• “ The tone changes from __ to __ to __ etc."

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Refer to the reading for this lesson at learn.thinkcerca.com.

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A N A L Y Z E / E N G A G E W I T H T H E T E X T

Highlight and Annotate

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In this step, you will analyze the text closely, then discuss your findings to begin developing reasoning for your argument.

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1. Read the text again, highlighting and annotating important details. ��Follow the prompts provided. The highlighting prompts will help you with the final writing task. ��You will find evidence to support your own argument or informational piece, as well as models of excellence that will help you better understand a writer’s craft in narratives and poetry. The evidence you highlight will be available when you begin building your draft in the next step.

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2. If time permits, pair and share your highlights and annotations with a classmate. Pay close attention to this conversation! Your thinking is important reasoning that you may include in your final draft.

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S U M M A R I Z E

Write a Summary

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Summaries help you process your thinking about a text and are often a great way to start off an argumentative or informational essay. A good summary shows you have knowledge about a topic.

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Practicing summarizing also helps you prepare for the main idea questions posed on many standardized assessments. In addition, summarizing is a helpful skill for working with others, such as when you need to confirm your understanding of what someone else has said. That's a useful skill for all parts of life.

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1. Use the sentence stems provided in the online lesson to summarize the text. Your summary should:
1. Be brief
2. Include the main idea and key details
3. Represent these ideas fairly and accurately �
2. If time permits, pair and share with a classmate. Read each other’s summary, and discuss how they are similar or different. What did you say were the main idea and key details? Were your summaries fair and accurate? Why?

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D E V E L O P / B U I L D Y O U R A R G U M E N T

Share your Argument Builder

When you’ve completed the argument building step, share your results with others, and listen to how they responded to the same question. Ask questions, and give feedback to help strengthen your partners’ reasons and evidence.

Complete Develop / Build Your Argument to begin building your argument at learn.thinkcerca.com

D R A F T A N D R E V I E W / C R E A T E Y O U R C E R C A

Peer Editing Activity

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1. Do a self-assessment of your CERCA. Use the online rubric for the lesson on learn.thinkcerca.com, checking each box where you find evidence that you have achieved the criteria.�
2. Next, collaborate with a classmate to read each other’s drafts. Again, use the rubric to evaluate each other’s work.�
3. Share insights into what might make your pieces stronger. Find two positive attributes and one area of growth for each draft you review.�
4. Revise your piece using what you learned from your self-assessment and the feedback from your peers.

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D R A F T A N D R E V I E W / C R E A T E Y O U R C E R C A

Reflect on Your Writing

Before you submit your final CERCA, write a brief reflection describing your experience.

An area for growth for me on this piece or in my writing in general is…

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The strongest areas of this piece of writing are…

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Through self-assessment and/or peer editing, I learned…

Extension Activities

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The following activities can be used as extensions to this lesson.

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O P T I O N A L E X T E N S I O N : C R E A T I V E W R I T I N G

Reciting Poetry

Enjoy reading poetry? You can write it, too!

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Apply what you’ve learned in this lesson about themes to create your own poem. Choose one of the activities below to get started:

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• Write a six-stanza poem using the rhyme scheme and poetic structure that Jane Kenyon uses in “Let Evening Come.”
• Write a poem reflecting on the experience of loss or sadness.
• Your analysis of the poem centered on examining how sound conveys themes and creates meaning. Choose another sense—sight, smell, taste, or touch—and write a poem in which you use this sense to explore a theme.

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Remember, poetry is meant to be read aloud! Exercise your voice, and read your poem out loud to yourself, your family, neighbors, and friends.

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“Poetry Out Loud”�

Visit the Poetry Foundation’s “Poetry Out Loud” website. Here, you can access poems on a range of topics and themes, from sports to the seasons.

1. Choose a poem from the website. Analyze the poem using the “SOAPSTone” strategy:
• Who is the speaker?
• What is the occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone of the poem?
2. To help you better answer these questions about author, audience, and purpose, read the “Author Bio” at the bottom of each selection.
3. Read the poem aloud. Where do you note variations in pacing? How does that relate to meaning?
4. Practice, practice, practice! Keep on reading the poem aloud. Find your own voice and mode of delivery to capture the tone.
5. Together with your classmates, hold a poetry recitation. Each class member can recite their poem, note what drew them to this work, and provide information about the poet behind the words.

Use the organizer on the next page to help you prepare for the recitation and discussion.

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Poetry Recitation Notes

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Ask Questions of the Texts

As you engage with texts in any subject, you can actively ask questions about the author’s purpose, intended audience, and occasion to understand the message. The table below provides examples.

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Ask Questions of the Texts (continued)

Use the table below to record questions about the text you read.

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