Engage the Learner - W.7.5 (5 minutes), A. Stomp" by Nikki Grimes This poem appeared in her bookOne Last Word, acollection inspired by poems from the Harlem Renaissance that follow the "Golden Shovel" form. As a teenager, she Disguised. Learning Objective:to analyze a poem in the golden shovel form and then write an original poem using that form. They also explore the Golden Shovel approach by writing one or more poems borrowing lines from other Harlem Renaissance poems. Students revise their presentation, curator's statements, and labels in two distinct Tuning Protocols: one for presentation skills and one for writing content. I get to choose. Discover CommonLit's new features, receive teacher tips, get actionable lesson recommendations, and more! This figurative language suggests that her daughters have a purpose that they need to discover to live their truest lives. Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely related words. Language. Copyright 2013-2023 by EL Education, New York, NY. The poet develops the tone of the poem using alliteration as he implores the readers about the dawn of each new day. Post the questions and allow partner discussion time to support students in responding to one or more question. Nikki Grimes. Bring CommonLit 360 to Your Schools with School Essentials PRO Plus, Spark Reading Growth with CommonLit School Essentials PRO. OX *V$:B~^K /PI~7$iJ&B0ZDutOJK(HxG L+vdcW>*\XRmpZ}HwnMVn-")/ZwB`4 sDXj;A*c 4[S9> {V4pW&A|d? Guide small groups or partners who are struggling to identify and analyze this language. and whose. Texts and resources that need to be procured. The speaker uses compelling imagery to present the cruel realities many immigrants face, which often rob them of their humanity and take away parts of their identities. Consult the, Ask students to remain in their groups and return to their stanzas to analyze the impact of figurative language in each of their stanzas. And indeed she does! Repeated routine: Follow the same routine as with the previous lessons to review learning targets and the purpose of the lesson, reminding students of any learning targets that are similar or the same as in previous lessons. As Grimes does in her book, students will spend the module pondering the wisdom from works created during the Harlem Renaissance. STUDYING AND DISCUSSING THE ILLUSTRATION (20 MINUTES), Give students time to complete the Illustration Activity, in which they analyze the illustration that accompanies the poem and meet the artist who created it. TH word/document.xml\r8}^EoWL\qIp P)1U?/uXH tGl"**+|Jp[bJUi&L_W^2i]BkjxVWUHOTJF^R. 2. Stanza 7: (The speaker is describing her familys life and reminding her daughters to enjoy their father. Ask students to retrieve their copies of. For the end of unit assessment, students' presentation skills are assessed in a presentation of a visual piece from the exhibit, the label for the piece, and the curator's statement. He comes home, stomping, after having been called names.