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HISD 10th Grade ELA

Conventions in Poetry

October 1, 2024- Matthews

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Academic Vocabulary Support

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Instructional Charts

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Instructional Charts

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KO:Students will examine the significance of
forgiveness across historical and cultural contexts.

DOL: Given a text, students will analyze the effects of
conventions in poems and the use of text structure to
achieve the author’s purpose, with at least 80%
accuracy.

LO: SWBAT analyze the effects of conventions in
poems and the use of text structure to achieve the
author’s purpose. (E2.7B, E2.8B)

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Do Now (Bell Work)

QUIZZIZ.COM

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Think Aloud

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To call a man a beast, one must see into his heart,
this much he knows is true in this garden of shadow
and light. When he cuts through it, leaving tracks
On the bone-white sands, he often stops to catch

5 his breath, rest from the day’s delivery of wood
to Prospero’s house. He thinks of the old man’s
daughter, her feather-soft hands, the way she’ll smile
up at her dresser mirror, as if she knows this secret
of slatted images on a pond’s surface. He hunches

EN EL JARDÍN DE

LOS ESPEJOS
QUEBRADOS,

CALIBAN CATCHES
A GLIMPSE OF HIS

REFLECTION

Virgil Suárez

What ideas are being

conveyed in each

stanza, and how does

the author organize

them?

The poet share that
to truly understand
someone, you must
look deep into their

heart.

They poet also

conveys that life can
be challenging and

tiring.

Lastly the poet

conveys thoughts and
feelings of admiration

and longing.

How does the author

use language to
convey ideas?

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To call a man a beast, one must see into his heart,
this much he knows is true in this garden of shadow
and light. When he cuts through it, leaving tracks
On the bone-white sands, he often stops to catch

5 his breath, rest from the day’s delivery of wood
to Prospero’s house. He thinks of the old man’s
daughter, her feather-soft hands, the way she’ll smile
up at her dresser mirror, as if she knows this secret
of slatted images on a pond’s surface. He hunches

EN EL JARDÍN DE

LOS ESPEJOS
QUEBRADOS,

CALIBAN CATCHES
A GLIMPSE OF HIS

REFLECTION

Virgil Suárez

What ideas are being

conveyed in each

stanza, and how does

the author organize

them?

The poet share that
to truly understand
someone, you must
look deep into their

heart.

They poet also

conveys that life can
be challenging and

tiring.

Lastly the poet

conveys thoughts and
feelings of admiration

and longing.

How does the author

use language to
convey ideas?

This structure

highlights the poem's

main idea of

opposites—like light
and shadow, hard

work and beauty, and

what’s real versus

what we

imagine—while
showing how

complicated human
feelings and identity

can be.

● the lines are organized

in a quatrain and
written in free verse

● the lines vary in

length, contributing to
a flowing,
conversational tone

● The enjambment

helps create a sense of
movement

Knowledge Check

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Why does the
speaker stop to

catch his breath in

the poem?

● The speaker stops

to …

Response Stem

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What does the break between lines
4 and 5 convey to the reader?

A. The speaker’s desire for escape
B. A moment of physical exhaustion

and reflection

C. The speaker’s admiration for

nature

D. The speaker’s fear of the

unknown

Teacher Model

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Partner Read

Lines 10 - 19

Reading/Annotation Focus:
●Notice and annotate key structure, meaning, imagery,
language, and emotion

Questions:
●What ideas are being conveyed in each stanza, and how does
the author organize them?

●How does the author use language to convey ideas?

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Partner Response

What does the reader
learn about Caliban in

lines 10-19?

The reader identifies that …

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What does the break between lines 10-12
and 13-15 of the poem convey to the
reader?

A.

The lines highlight the impact of the physical
ailments on the speaker's emotional state.

B.

The lines reflect on the speaker's past to determine
his future healing.

C.

The lines emphasize the underlying vulnerability
revealed through his scars.

D.

The lines transition from the speaker’s physical
ailments to a question about the general suffering of
humans.

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Independently Read

Lines 20-25

Reading/Annotation Focus:
●Notice and annotate key structure, meaning, imagery,
language, and emotion

●How are the lines and stanzas organized?

●What theme or message does the poem convey?

●What senses does the poet appeal to?

●What is being compared or symbolized, and why?

●How do does the language develop the mood and tone?

Last, First Name
Cohort _____-______

Date

How does the author

organize lines 23-25? Provide

textual evidence to support

your answer.

SCR

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● The author organizes

the last two stanzas by
describing …

● The author organizes

lines 23-25 by
comparing…

Response Stems

Power Words:comparing,

destruction, trauma, perception,

empathy

Last, First Name
Cohort _____-______

Date

Possible Answers:

The author organizes lines 23-25 by comparing the man's emotional state to the

storm's destruction. The text states, "he isn’t the only one damaged by history, by the

way storms surge and ravage".This shows that both the man and the landscape have

been shaped by trauma, emphasizing that his struggles are beyond his control. The

comparison challenges the perception of him as a "beast" and highlights the need for

empathy.

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In line 25 of the poem, why does the poet
use the phrase "to call this man a beast
you must bow"?

A. To show respect for the man's

resilience.

B. To question whether the man

deserves criticism.

C. To demonstrate the man's power

over nature.

D. To emphasize the man’s strength.