7th ELA - 2/10/21

7th Grade ELA

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Multiple Choice

Who is taller?

Tacko Fall or Yao Ming?

Learning Goals

• I can analyze how a storyteller uses tools to make a story come alive.

• I can reread a complex text in order to understand it more deeply.

• I can talk with a partner in order to understand a text more deeply.

"The Parade"

You will now have 10 minutes to complete the vocabulary quiz based on last night's homework.

"Harriet Tubman" by Eloise Greenfield

• Read the poem silently as Mr. McIntyre reads it aloud.

• Watch the video of Thelma Thomas performing this poem.

• Take note of the way she uses her voice and body to emphasize important phrases and reinforce meaning.

• Watch the video again, as needed.

• Complete the questions.

Open Ended

Choose two of the lines you remember and explain what tools Mrs. Thomas uses to make you remember them.

Open Ended

This poem is about a strong woman.

Explain two (2) ways Mrs. Thomas use the tools in the Storyteller’s Toolbox to reflect on the strength of Harriet Tubman.

Open Ended

This storyteller decided to repeat these lines four times instead of three. She also sings them.

Why would the storyteller emphasize these lines more than any other lines in the poem?

"Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuff

Wasn't scared of nothing neither

Didn't come in this world to be no slave

And didn't stay one either"