LESSON SIX: Go Free or Die

 

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students explain examples of sensory details and figurative language within the context of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry using the book Go Free or Die and various poems. They compare and contrast text information through their reading. 

 

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

R2B  Explain examples of sensory details and figurative language within the context of poetry and prose.

R3B  Explain examples of sensory details and figurative language within the context of nonfiction text.

R1I   Identify and explain connections between text ideas-information and relationships in various fiction and nonfiction works (compare, contrast, and analyze), text ideas and own experiences, text ideas and the world by demonstrating an awareness that literature reflects a culture and historic time frame.

 

 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Sources of literature 

 

§         Supplies: 

o        Pen/Pencil

o        Computer/Interactive Whiteboard

o        Sentence Strips

o        Overhead/Chalkboard/Whiteboard/Chart Paper

 

§         Handouts provided

o        Figurative Language/Sensory Detail Chart

 

§         Words to know                                                            fiction

o        analyze                                                                   figurative language             

o        compare                                                                 nonfiction

o        contrast                                                                 graphic organizer

o        fiction                                                                     sensory details

                                                                                       

 

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT                             Assessment                    Scoring Guide 

Students read fiction and poems. They select figurative language and sensory detail phrases from the text and explain meanings.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

 

  1. Display website:  http://www.funbrain.com/idioms/.  Students complete examples of figurative language. Complete several examples as a group, work independently, or with partners to reinforce the concept of figurative language. 

 

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Why is it important to read the sentence rather than just the phrase before deciding the meaning?

 

 

 

 

  1. Display poems for the students. Read the poem aloud to the students and discuss for understanding. Students record figurative language or sensory detail phrases found in the poem on the Figurative Language Chart.

 

Examples of sensory detail poems: Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr. or All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka.

 

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What do you see or visualize after hearing this poem?

What senses are being described in this poem?

Is there a sense of taste in this poem?

Is there as sense of smell in this poem?

How do our senses help us visualize?

What is the main idea of this poem?

Does this poem remind you of anything?

 
  1. Students independently read Chapter Four and the Epilogue of Go Free or Die. Divide students into four groups. Groups meet in different corners of the room to discuss the figurative language examples found in the chapter.  As a group, they add phrases and examples to their figurative language charts and the Word Wall. As a class, discuss the content of the chapter and epilogue.

 

 

Idea

 

 

Figurative Language

Examples on pages 47, 48, 51, 53, and 57 of Go Free or Die.

 

Sensory Detail

Examples on pages 47, 48, 53, and 56 of Go Free or Die.

 

 

The following are examples of the types of content questions for a class discussion of Chapter Four and the Epilogue of Go Free or Die.

 

Questions

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Did Harriet stop being interested in how slavery affected others once she was free? Explain using details from the story.

Compare and contrast Harriet’s life as a slave and as a free woman. Use the Compare/Contrast graphic organizer.

 

  1. Students independently read poems.  They record the figurative language and sensory detail phrases selected from the text on the Figurative Language and Sensory Detail Chart graphic organizer.