Do Now: Get out your homework, get out other necessary items, put your

backpack away. Complete Comprehension 5A.

MOOSE SONG!!!We have 5 minutes to be silly and sing the “Moose” song, but

then we have to get real serious and read this cool poem about a moose.

Number the stanzasWhat’s a stanza, you say?

Marking the Text

Circle DICTION

Squiggle Figurative Language as you see it

Square the SETTING

Rhetorical Triangle of “Mooses”Copy into your notes.

Diction Choices

“Funny”

In your groups separate the diction you circled in the poem.

“Sad”

Separate it as funny or sad.

Is this poem mostly sad or mostly humorous? Explain. Answer this question using the ACCE graphic organizer.

Figurative Language

Hyperbole – an exaggeration.

OMG! I’m so hungry I could eat a moose!

Figurative Language

Simile – a comparison using like

or as between 2 nouns

The moose’s antlers were

like hands reaching up to

the sky.

Figurative Language

Metaphor –

calling one thing by the name of something else;

compares to unlike objects.

The moose raised his hands up to the sky and peered through

teary marbles at the sunshine.

Figurative Language

Alliteration –

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words close together.

The meaty moose

maneuvered through the

marsh.

Where did you find fig. lang. in the poem?

Use your figurative language to answer these questions in your group:

Which metaphors are in lines 1-9, and what does the metaphor in line 4 describe?

What hyperbole can you find? Why did the writer use it?

How does alliteration help you picture the moose in line 24?

What do we learn about the moose through the poet’s use of quotations/dialogue?

What is the poet’s purpose in using these different types of figurative language to

describe the moose? Explain

Use the ACCE graphic organizer to answer this question. What you do not complete is HW.

Exit Ticket: Going back to our unit question, does the moose have a choice in his thoughts and actions? Does a moose have ingenuity?

Why or why not?