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Close Reading: A River of Words

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Do Now: Reread A River of Words.

What kind of book is this?

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Do Now: Reread A River of Words.

What did you learn about William Carlos Williams from this book?

Multiple Choice

What is an author's note?

• an Author’s Note contains things the reader should know about the book

• an Author’s Note contains silly jokes that authors love

• an Author’s Note contains things the reader should know about the author

Poll

Do you have the book packet A River of Words?

• Yes, and it is close by.

• No, but I am using the online book in our reading class under classwork.

• No, and the online materials given are not working properly.

• Yes, but it is not close by.

Let's read the "Author's Note: A River of Words."

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What is the gist of this paragraph?

Give me one sentence that tells me what this paragraph was mostly about.

Sentence beginning with..

"Williams made house calls.."

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What did William spend most of his days and nights doing?

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Where did William care for the sick?

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Think about the details. What are house calls?

Sentence beginning with..

"Williams made house calls.."

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Why were families unable to pay?

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Who were families not about to pay for their service? What did he do for them?

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What did Williams do when families could not afford to pay?

Workbook page 52. What demands did William Carlos Williams face as a doctor?

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Workbook page 52. What demands did William Carlos Williams face as a doctor?

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What is the gist of this paragraph?

Give me one sentence telling me what this paragraph was mostly about.

First sentence of paragraph

"Despite the constant demands of his profession, William always made time for poetry."

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What is gist of the first part of this sentence?

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What is gist of the second part of this sentence?

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Why might Williams make time for poetry even though he was so busy?

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Put your finger under the word despite. This word means "even though." How does this word link the first paragraph to the second paragraph?

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Is this how you imagined a poet's life to be- being a doctor during the day and writing poetry at night?

Let's reread a few sentences...

Starting at.... "In his earliest verses....." to "... little or no punctuation."

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Put your finger under the phrase earliest verses.

What is a synonym for verses? When did Williams write these verses?

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Describe Williams’s early verses.

“Think about what we read earlier in the book about Williams’s early poems. What grand topics did he try to write about?

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What is the gist of this sentence?

"In the earliest verses, he adopted the methods of traditional English poets who focused on grand topics and regular patterns of rhyme"

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Read the next sentence:

"Slowly, however, he developed his own distinctive style in which he used shorter lines, brief stanzas, and little or no punctuation."

How does this sentence connect to the previous sentence?

Workbook page 52. What is William Carlos Williams poetry style?

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Workbook page 52. What is William Carlos Williams poetry style?

"But perhaps his most..." to the end of the paragraph.

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What was the focus of William Carlos William's poems?

Multiple Choice

Put your finger under the word unnecessary. What familiar word do you see in this word? What does necessary mean?

• needed

• not needed

• treasured

Multiple Choice

The prefix un- means not. What do you think unnecessary means?

• needed

• not needed

• treasured

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Reread the last sentence.

"By stripping away unnecessary details, Williams tried to "see the thing itself......... with great intensity and perception."

What was unnecessary?

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Think about William's writing style. What does the phrase stripping away unnecessary details mean?

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Think about the details. What does this help you understand about William Carlos William's writing style?

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What thing was William Carlos Williams trying to see?

Workbook page 52. What inspired William Carlos Williams to write poetry? Why?

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Workbook page 52. What inspired William Carlos Williams to write poetry? Why?

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What is the gist of this paragraph?

Reread the first sentence...

"Although he wrote poems for most of his life, his poetry was not well known until he was in his sixties."

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What is the gist of the first part of the sentence?

"Although he wrote poems for most of his adult life,..."

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What is the gist of the second part of the sentence?

"...his poetry was not well known until he was in his sixties."

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Think about these details. What does this sentence help you to understand about William Carlos Williams?

"Although he wrote poems for most of his life, his poetry was not well known until he was in his sixties."

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Put your finger under the word although. This word means ‘even though.’

How does this word link the second paragraph to the third paragraph?

What were William Carlos Williams accomplishments?

Children's Games II

William Carlos Williams

Poll

I can describe the life of William Carlos Williams and explain what inspired him to write poetry.

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Exit Ticket: After reading a biography about William Carlos WIlliams what could you infer about what inspired him as a writer?

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Exit Ticket: What inspired William Carlos Williams to write poetry?

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Exit Ticket: Where can you see evidence of what inspired William Carlos Williams in his poetry?

Poll

I can cite evidence from the text to support the answers to my questions.

What do you have to think back on when thinking about our lesson today? What did you connect to in today's lesson?

Tomorrow we will...