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Unit 7
3rd Grade
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Explain why some poets use personification by identifying and explaining the elements of poetry found in various poems about nature.
Book: The Random House Book of Poetry for Children by Jack Prelutsky (September, 1983) pp. 89 – 92
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What is personification?
Which lines from “City, City” are an example of personification?
Why do poets use personification? How does personification help a reader better understand a poem's message? Use examples from multiple poems to support your answer.
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“City, City” - Read the sentence from the poem below. “When I’m sad, / Throws its shadow / on my care.” What type of figurative language is this? Why does the poet include it? What other examples are there in the poem?
“City, City” - Why does the poet include stanza one and stanza two?
“City, City” - How does the poet convey the central message of the poem?
“Flowers Are a Silly Bunch” - Identify the personification. What is being personified? What effect does it have?
“Flowers Are a Silly Bunch” - Rhyme scheme or free verse?
“Gift with the Wrappings Off” - What structural elements does the poet include to help readers better understand the Christmas pup? Why? (onomatopoeia, rhyming)
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personification
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RL.3.5 — Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
Lesson 5
Lesson 7
Explain why some poets choose to write in free verse and other poets choose to include rhyme scheme by identifying and explaining the elements of poetry found in various poems about nature.
RL.3.2 RL.3.5
Explain why some poets use alliteration and similes by identifying and explaining the elements of poetry found in various poems about nature.
Explain why some poets choose to include onomatopoeia by identifying and explaining the elements of poetry found in various poems about nature.
RL.3.5
Analyze and explain why some poets use repetition by identifying and explaining the elements of poetry found in various poems about nature.
RL.3.2 RL.3.3
Discussion & Writing
Explain how different poets use the structural elements of poetry to help readers better understand the ways of living things by stating a claim and providing evidence from multiple sources to support the claim.
RL.3.2 RL.3.5 W.3.1
Explain why some poets choose to use metaphors by identifying and explaining the elements of poetry found in various poems about nature.
RL.3.3 RL.3.5
Describe how the poet uses the structural elements of poetry to help readers better understand the central message of a poem by identifying and explaining the elements of poetry found in various poems about nature.
Explain how different poets use the structural elements of poetry to help readers better understand the city by stating a claim and providing evidence from multiple sources to support the claim.
Writing – 3 days
Write a personal poem using strategies learned from studying poets in the unit.
SL.3.5 W.3.3
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