Unit 4 Week 5-Poetry

Time for ELA!

Word Work

Today’s Goal:
We can read and use words with -ance and -ence suffix
endings.

Unit 4 Week 5 Day 4

Grammar Review

Other Examples of Homophones

your/you’re

there/their/they’re

it’s/its

Multiple Choice

"Watch ____ step," the tour guide warned.

• your

• you're

Multiple Choice

"____ about to enter the main cavern."

• Your

• You're

Multiple Choice

The students avoided the rocks and stones in ____ path.

• there

• their

• they're

Multiple Choice

"Careful. ______ a lot of moisture," the guide said.

• There's

• Their's

• They'res

Multiple Choice

"____ fun to travel to new places and learn new things," said Brantley.

• It's

• Ites

• Its

Comprehension

Today’s Goal:
Determine a theme of a poem from details in the
text, including how the speaker in a poem reflects
upon a topic.

​To find the theme of a poem we should:

1. Identify poetic elements

   1. Stanzas

   2. Rhyme

   3. Meter-Repeating patterns/Rhythm/Beat

   4. Figurative language

2. Reread the poem 

   1. To see what feelings the poem evokes/give.

   2. You may notice important details that you did not notice before.

3. Visualize and think about what is important to the speaker.

​Found in your Reading/Writing Companion Book

page 181

Multiple Choice

How many stanzas are in the poem, "When I Dance"?

• 18

• 9

• 6

• 3

Draw

Draw a box around two sections that best express why dancing is important to the speaker.

Multiple Choice

What is the poem about?

• This poem is about how the poet sings a song to feel better on a day that doesn't go his/her way.

• How everyone should express him/herself in order to feel better.

• Jumping in the sunlight is a way to feel better.

• This poem is about how the poet dances to feel better on a day that doesn't go his/her way.

Open Ended

What is a message/theme the poet could be trying to share?

(Do not use th word dance in your answer.)

Complete row 3 of your feature analysis grid.