Learning Objective: 4L2
What are we going to do?
What does determine mean?determine means __________.
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1 determine means findUniversal means common
Vocabulary
What are we doing today?
Partner share
Today we will determine the_______________ of poems by reviewing their _____________, _________, and ____________
APKNemo was clown fish who was taken from his
home after he did not listen to his father. What lesson do you think Nemo learned?
Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and
symbols
Concept Development
What is theme?_______
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Vocabulary
The rhymes and the beats of the poem
Vocabulary you need to know!
Concept Development
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Non Example: Topic is the main idea or the gist of the poem.
Topics Theme
Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and
symbols
How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?
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Concept Development
Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and
symbols
How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?
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2
Concept Development
Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and
symbols
The lesson we learn through imagery, sound, and symbols of this poem is….
Is this a lesson we can use anywhere in life?
yes
Skill Development/Guided Practice
What is the theme? What is your evidence?
How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?
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The theme is ______________ my evidence from the text is __________________________.
Teacher Model Theme
Read the text Ask, “How do imagery, sound, and symbol shape the meaning of poemDetermine the possible lesson or themeDetermine if lesson is a life lesson or universal
Steps for determining theme of poetry using imagery, sound and symbols.1234
Dust of SnowBy Robert Frost The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.
Poem had images of a crow and snow from a tree falling
A focus on nature
Has rhyme ABAB
Change of mood
No symbols
Nature can change our mood.
Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and symbols
Skill Development/Guided Practice
What is the theme? What is your evidence?
How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?
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The theme is ______________ my evidence from the text is __________________________.
Teacher Model Theme
Read the text Ask, “How do imagery, sound, and symbol shape the meaning of poemDetermine the possible lesson or themeDetermine if lesson is a life lesson or universal
Steps for determining theme of poetry using imagery, sound and symbols.1234
Has no rhyme
“to the rhythm of the sun beat is repeated”
No symbols
Remembering ancestors who made a difference in our lives .
They Were My People by Grace Nichols
They were those who cut caneto the rhythm of the sunbeat
They were those who carried caneto the rhythm of the sunbeat
They were those who crushed caneto the rhythm of the sunbeat
They were women weeding, carrying babiesto the rhythm of the sunbeat
They were my people, working so hardto the rhythm of the sunbeat - - long agoto the rhythm of the sunbeat
Women cutting cane
Women carrying and crushing cane
Women weeding and carrying babies
Women working hard in the field in the sun
Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and symbols
Skill Development/Guided Practice
What is the theme? What is your evidence?
How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?
CFU
1
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The theme is ______________ my evidence from the text is __________________________.
Guided Practice
Read the text Ask, “How do imagery, sound, and symbol shape the meaning of poemDetermine the possible lesson or themeDetermine if lesson is a life lesson or universal
Steps for determining theme of poetry using imagery, sound and symbols.1234
Rhyming pattern is ABCB
Key words are dream
Broken winged bird symbolizes despair
Barren field covered with snow symbolizes despair
Never stop dreaming or give up on your dreams because if you do it will lead to despair
Broken winged bird
Barren/ empty field with snow
DreamsBy Langston HughesHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.
Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and symbols
Skill Development/Guided Practice
What is the theme? What is your evidence?
How did I/you determine the theme?What clues did I use to determine the theme?
CFU
1
2
The theme is ______________ my evidence from the text is __________________________.
Guided Practice
Read the text Ask, “How do imagery, sound, and symbol shape the meaning of poemDetermine the possible lesson or themeDetermine if lesson is a life lesson or universal
Steps for determining theme of poetry using imagery, sound and symbols.1234
Theme of poetry is the lesson about life or the world that is created by the poem’s images, sounds, and symbols
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CCSS 4th Grade Reading Informational Text 5.3Describe the cause-and-effect structure of text.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Determining theme will help you connect with the story, drama, or poem you are reading and better understand the author’s purpose
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Does anyone else have another reason why it is relevant to determine themes? (Pair-Share) Why is it relevant to determine themes? You may give one of my reasons or one of your own. Which reason is more relevant to you? Why?
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Relevance
Theme is the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express
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CCSS 4th Grade Reading Informational Text 5.3Describe the cause-and-effect structure of text.
Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.
Skill Closure
Word Banktheme
determine
Theme is the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express
Humanityby Elma Stuckey
If I am blind and need someoneTo keep me safe from harm,It matters not the race to meOf the one who takes my arm.If I am saved from drowning
As I grasp and grope,I will not stop to see the face
Of the one who throws the rope.Or if out on some battlefieldI’m falling faint and weak,
The one who gently lifts me upMay any language speak.
We sip the water clear and cool,No matter the hand that gives it.A life that’s lived worthwhile and
fine,What matters the one who lives
it?
Read the text Ask, “How do imagery, sound, and symbol shape the meaning of poemDetermine the possible lesson or themeDetermine if lesson is a life lesson or universal
Steps for determining theme of poetry using imagery, sound and symbols.1234