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Poetry Connect Extend Challenge

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Poetry Connect Extend Challenge

Poetry Connect Extend Challenge

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🔗 Connect: Vocabulary - Figurative and Literal Language

WALT: Explore how figurative and literal language is used to convey meaning within texts

1. Read through your assigned poem and identify examples of figurative language. Complete the table below:
2. Choose ONE example of figurative language from your poem. Explain what it means literally and what it means figuratively:

Figurative phrase: ____________________________

Literal meaning:

Figurative meaning:

3. Why do you think the poet chose to use figurative language instead of literal language in this instance?

📈 Extend: Inference

WALT: Make inferences by using prior knowledge and evidence from the text

4. What can you infer about the speaker's mood or feelings in this poem? Use evidence from the text to support your inference:

My inference:

Evidence from the text:

Prior knowledge that helped me make this inference:

5. What can you infer about the setting or time period of this poem?

My inference:

What clues from the poem led you to this inference?

6. Based on the language and imagery used, what can you infer about the poet's purpose for writing this poem?

🎯 Challenge: Justify Your Inferences

WALT: Justify your inferences by explaining your thoughts using explicit and implicit evidence from texts

7. Choose your strongest inference from the previous section. Justify it by providing both explicit and implicit evidence:

My inference: ____________________________________

Explicit evidence (directly stated in the poem):

Implicit evidence (suggested or implied by the poem):

How does this evidence support your inference?

🤝 Challenge: Compare Interpretations

WALT: Compare inferences with the interpretation of others

8. Share your main inference with a partner. Record their interpretation below:

Partner's name: ____________________

Their main inference about the poem:

9. Compare your interpretations. Complete the comparison below:

Similarities between our interpretations:

Differences between our interpretations:

10. After discussing with your partner, has your interpretation changed or been strengthened? Explain:
11. Reflection: What did you learn about poetry analysis through this process of connecting, extending, and challenging your thinking?

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