Song of Myself vs. I Too Paragraph Revision Lesson

Song of Myself vs. I Too Paragraph Revision Lesson

By Hanna Kasik

Poll

Take a vote! As a class, we found the poems "Song of Myself" and "I Too, Sing America" to be more similar or more different

• Similar

• Different

The poem's are pretty different! But...they have a similar theme. ​

​So? How Do We Represent that in Our Writing?

Use the frame: Although "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman and "I Too Sing America" are very similar, they also have many differences! ​

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Select

In what ways were the poems different? (Categories-Select at least 2 differences)

• Speaker

• Tone

• Message

• They weren't different, they're both poems!

Background Sentence

​Introduce and explain the different categories you want to talk about!

​The poems are different because they have different speakers and tones!

This tells your reader what your focus is and helps you pick evidence!​

Multiple Select

What evidence gives details about the speaker in Song of Myself?

• "I am 37 years old, in perfect health."

• "Born here of parents born here

• "I am the darker brother."

• "They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes."

Multiple Select

What evidence gives details about the tone in I, Too?

• "I am 37 years old, in perfect health."

• "I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass."

• Nobody’ll dare

  Say to me,

  “Eat in the kitchen,”

• "They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes."