

Reading Lesson 9: She Had Some Horses
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English
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4th Grade
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Reading Lesson 9: She Had Some Horses
K: We will know what anaphora and metaphors are and how they are used in poetry.
U: We will understand the definition of anaphora and metaphor, and how to identify them in the poem.
B: We will be able to explain the meaning of examples of figurative language in the poem.
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Today...
We will use textual detail as evidence for inferences about the poem's meaning. Let's Review our poem "She Had Some Horses".
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Look at the second stanza.
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Multiple Select
This poem has what type of poetry elements?
anaphora
metaphors
rhyme
dialogue
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Open Ended
What did the metaphors in stanza 2 have in common?
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Did you notice?
The remaining stanzas that the "horses who were" use the same kind of organizational pattern as in stanza 2, so that each characteristic in a stanza is connected to a common theme.
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Read stanza 4 silently.
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Multiple Choice
What did the horses in these lines do?
danced
talked
screamed loud
went to sleep
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Open Ended
What do all those descriptions have in common?
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Look Closely!
The second stanza listed what the horses were, and this fourth stanza lists what they did.
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Get ready! Answer these questions about actions and figurative language in our poem.
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Open Ended
What are some possible figurative meanings for "danced in their mother' arms"?
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Open Ended
What are some possible figurative meanings for "thought they were the sun and their bodies shone and burned like stars"?
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Open Ended
What are some possible figurative meanings for "waltzed nightly on the moon"?
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Open Ended
What are some possible figurative meanings for "kept quiet in stalls of their own making"?
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Let's Read
We will take a look at the final 3 lines of the poem.
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Read the last 3 lines of the poem.
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Open Ended
How can you love and hate something at the same time?
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Open Ended
When might a person feel conflicted?
Conflicted- having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings
Reading Lesson 9: She Had Some Horses
K: We will know what anaphora and metaphors are and how they are used in poetry.
U: We will understand the definition of anaphora and metaphor, and how to identify them in the poem.
B: We will be able to explain the meaning of examples of figurative language in the poem.
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