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Exploring Change Through Allegory and Poetry

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Exploring Change Through Allegory and Poetry

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Change is an inevitable part of life that challenges many young adults. Understanding and accepting change are key components in career and future planning. In this lesson, students explore the theme of change through allegory and poetry by reading an example of literary allegory and creating their own pictorial allegories. Students first define allegory and complete a pictorial allegory—or "me tree"—that displays phrases describing their interests, trails, and dreams on outlines of their hands. Next, they read and discuss a text, such as Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree or Sandy Stryker's Tonia the Tree; that addresses change, and then review basic literary concepts as they complete a literary elements map and plot diagram. Finally, students further explore change, and what it means to them, as they write diamante poems related to the theme of change.

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English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	3. Explain how authors use setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view to contribute to the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry, using textual evidence from the writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 3. Setting Plot Characters Theme Conflict Dialogue Point of view Prose Poetry Textual evidence Knowledge: 3. Students know: Authors of prose and poetry use literary elements, such as setting, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view, throughout a text to develop and drive the plot. Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language. Analysis of a text should be supported with text evidence from the writing. Skills: 3. Students are able to: Identify the setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view in prose and poetry. Explain how literary elements contribute to the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry. Support their explanations of literary elements with textual evidence. Understanding: 3. Students understand that: Prose and poetry contain common literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view. Literary elements contribute to the meaning of poetry and prose. When they analyze a text, they should include text evidence to support their claims.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 7	3. Explain how the author's choice of setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view contribute to and/or enhance the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry, using textual evidence from the writing. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 3. Setting Plot Characters Theme Conflict Dialogue Point of view Author's purpose Prose Poetry Textual evidence Knowledge: 3. Students know: Authors of prose and poetry use literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view, throughout a text to develop and/or enhance the meaning of the text. An author's use of literary elements can indicate the author's purpose for writing the text. Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language. Analysis of a text should be supported with text evidence from the writing. Skills: 3. Students are able to: Identify the setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view in prose and poetry. Explain how literary elements contribute to and/or enhance the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry. Support their explanations of literary elements with textual evidence. Understanding: 3. Students understand that: Prose and poetry contain common literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view. Literary elements contribute to and/or enhance the meaning and purpose of poetry and prose. When they analyze a text, they should include text evidence to support their claims.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 8	3. Analyze how authors use key literary elements, including setting, plot, theme, characters, internal and external conflict, dialogue, and point of view, to contribute to the meaning and purpose of a text, using text evidence as support. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 3. Literary elements Setting Plot Theme Characters Internal conflict External conflict Dialogue Points of view Text evidence Knowledge: 3. Students know: Authors of prose and poetry use literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view, throughout a text to develop and/or enhance the meaning of the text. An author's use of literary elements can indicate the author's purpose for writing the text. Analysis of a text should be supported with text evidence from the writing. Skills: 3. Students are able to: Identify the setting, plot, characters, theme, internal and external conflict, dialogue, and point of view in literary text. Analyze how literary elements contribute to the meaning and purpose of literary text. Support their analysis of literary elements with textual evidence. Understanding: 3. Students understand that: Prose and poetry contain common literary elements, such as setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view. Literary elements contribute to the meaning and purpose of literary text. When they analyze a text, they should include text evidence to support their claims.

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Diamante Poems, Literary Elements Map, Plot Diagram, ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool, Sandy Stryker, Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree, Tonia the Tree

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Exploring Change Through Allegory and Poetry