4/24/2023

Hanging Fire - pages 382-383

Summer of His Fourteenth Year - pages 385-386

Bell Ringer - Let's Review!

Open Ended

Review Hanging Fire and Summer of His Fourteenth Year. What message about teenage years does each poem convey? (5 minutes)

Compare Poems - Analyze the Text

Questions 1-4 on page 390​

Homework Review

Open Ended

Which poem makes more effective use of figurative language and imagery? (Cite text evidence.)

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Think about the different points of view in the poems. How do these different perspectives help the reader form a fuller understanding of the trials of adolescence?

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Both poems include the image of a closed door. Discuss what the closed door represents to the teen in each poem.

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Which poem's structure is more effective in expressing its speaker's feelings about the teenage years? Explain.