Transcript Do nOw - Renton School District

DO NOW
1) Get out your notebook and turn to
page 17a and 17B
2) Title your page Connotation,
denotation and tone
3) Pick up a TP-CASTT chart on the
counter
OBJECTIVE
1) IWBAT analyze a poem for literary devices like
theme, tone, and shifts.
2) IWBAT identify connotation in a poem to help my
understanding of literary devices.
CONNOTATION AND DENOTATION
Connotation: The implied meaning or emotion behind a word.
Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word.
For example:
 The denotation of a toilet is:
 a fixed receptacle into which a person may urinate or defecate, typically
consisting of a large bowl connected to a system for flushing away the waste into
a sewer or septic tank.
 Words with the same DENOTATION as toilet but have different
CONNOTATIONS are:
 Loo, washroom, restroom, bathroom, porcelain throne, lavatory, john, little boys’
room, little girls’ room, comfort station.
TONE
Tone: the author’s attitude towards a subject.
For example:
Think back to 7th grade…
What was the author’s tone in the documentary
Food Inc.?
The author’s tone toward the processed food
industry is angry and critical.
PREDICTION
Get a springboard book and rip out pages
56 through 59
The poem we are about to read is titled A
Man.
In the first row of the graphic, predict what
you think the poem will be about based on the
title.
PARTNER READ AND ANALYSIS
For the connotation row: use Pink for positive effect
and blue for negative effect.
Fill out the green graphic organizer answering the
questions in the first column
After you are finished with the graphic organizer,
WRITE A CER arguing the theme of the poem on the
B side.
INFORMATIONAL VS LITERARY TEXTS
What is a literary text (literature)?
What is informational text?
What are the differences between the two
genres?
DO NOW
- Get out your journal and turn to your notes
on Tone, Denotation and Connotation
- Review the poem, “A Man” by Nina Cassian
on pg. 56
- In your journals, write a CER arguing the
theme of the poem based on your finished
TPCASTT
OBJECTIVES
I can determine the central idea of an
informational text.
I can find a common central idea and
theme between an informational text and
a literary text.
MAIN OR CENTRAL IDEA
Central idea- the central point that the author wants the reader to
know.
The main/central idea always can be put into a sentence. It will
never be just one word.
Example: In an article about horses in Kentucky, the Main idea
might be “Kentucky is a great place to raise horses.”
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INFORMATIONAL ARTICLE
As we read aloud, look for the central idea in
the text.
What is the author trying to tell us about the
topic?
GROUP CER
Write a group CER answering this question:
What is the central idea of this text? How do you
know? Provide evidence and reasoning to support
your claim.
(One person in your group can turn in a paper with
everyone’s name)
HW: THEME STATEMENT
Write theme statement about heroism that connects to both the
poem “A Man” and the article we just read.
In both the poem A Man by Nina Cassian and the
informational text Soldier Home after Losing Leg in
Afghanistan by Gail Fiege, the authors claim that heroism
is ______________________________.