Objective: Students
will be able to identify the seven stages of a person/place/thing in order to write a poem describing the stages.
Do-Now: Make a list of what you believe are the seven stages of someone's life. (Example: Young Adulthood)
Today: 1) Seven Stages Share-Out
2) Note-taking: extended metaphor - comparing two unlike things over the course of multiple lines
3) Class will read Shakespeare's "The Seven Ages of Man" on pp. 444-445.
4) Compose your own poem which discusses seven stages of something other than a person's life. (Ie. Seven Stages of a Relationship, Seven Stages of a Football Player, Seven Stages of a School Day) Your poem should discuss each of your seven stages in the order they occur. This poem should be approximately TWENTY lines and does not have to rhyme.
Exit Slip: Share out your Seven Stages poem.
Homework: Finish your Seven Stages poem (if not finished already) and bring the rough draft in TOMORROW!!! Write your final copy of your haiku/tanka to submit for your poetry project. Quiz on Fragments TOMORROW!!! All Make-Up Work Due by Thursday, April 17!!! Poetry Project Due by Thursday, April 17!!!
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