Unit 4 Week 5: Taking Responsibility

Unit 4 Week 5: Taking Responsibility

EQ: How Can we take responsibility?

Lesson Objectives

• I will be able to talk about taking responsibility

• I will be able to identify the characteristics of free verse and narrative poetry.

• I will be able to gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase.

• I will be able to cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says.

Multiple Choice

Taking responsibility for your actions means:

• blaming others.

• making excuses.

• saying or admitting you did something wrong.

• not taking the blame for a decision you made.

Open Ended

What does it mean to be answerable for your actions?

Open Ended

Describe a time when you took responsibility for something you had done.

Alejandro's Music

Just like stories, poetry can describe characters' problems and responsibilities. In the following narrative poem told in free verse, a boy named Alejandro faces a problem.

What is his problem?

Free Verse and Narrative Poetry

• Free verse poetry does not make use of rhyme or a regular meter and may contain imagery and descriptive language

• Narrative poetry tells a story in verse form and has characters, a setting, and a plot

Open Ended

Why does Alejandro think he can't write about his favorite music?

Open Ended

Why do you think Alejandro feels too proud to ask for help?

Open Ended

Why caused Alejandro to offer his help at the end of the poem?

Open Ended

The theme of "Alejandro's Music" is ________

Obligation

An obligation is a moral or legal duty.

I have an obligation to make sure I do not cheat on the assignment.

Multiple Choice

What is a synonym for obligation?

• duty

• promise

• choice

• not necessary

answerable

If you are answerable to somebody, you must explain your actions to that person.

The soccer players are answerable to the coach for their actions during the game.

Poll

To whom are you answerable at school?

• my parents

• my teachers

• my friends

• the maids

lounge

A lounge is a room that people use to relax.

The family waited in the airport lounge before their flight.

Multiple Select

Where else might you wait in a lounge?

• a restaurant

• an airport

• a doctor's office

• a school

proportion

Proportion is the proper relationship between two things in size, amount, or importance.

The dinosaur's head was small in proportion to its buly body.

Open Ended

How would you describe a puppy's paws in proportion to its legs?

Open Ended

In the poem "Hey Nilda" on p.294 - 295, What is the speaker doing and feeling?

Open Ended

In the poem "Hi Rachel" on p.296 - 297, How does the poem contain elements of a story: a problem, a turning point, and a resolution?