SIFT Poetry Analysis

Goal: Looking at some poetry, entry into analysis.

Agenda:
Read
Looking closely at a poem
SIFT poetry analysis
English Journal Entry

1. Comparative Analysis for Poetry

• Comparative analysis means looking closely at two things and comparing how they work. 
• We did this with some short stories and then compared what an author does with a story to what a director does with a film. 
• Today we will try it with some poetry.

2. Let's Read: 
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou.
Read it a few times until you are comfortable with the literal meaning of the poem.

3. Let's Watch:
Maya Angelou deliver the poem. Listen for similarities and differences. Does it sound different when the author reads it herself? Why?

3. Let's Talk: 
Watch this presentation about SIFT poetry analysis that I will post here later (check it out if you are absent today).




4. Let's Write:
Use THIS document to organize your thinking about the poem.
*Be sure to complete the paragraph at the end of the doc AND paste it into your English Journal.*

REMINDERS: 

• Your Comparative Analysis Essay on Poe and Laughton is due TOMORROW, Thursday. It should be complete in your Google Drive. 
• Keep reading. Finish book #8 by 3/19. 
• Essay test FRIDAY comparing the story you read on Tuesday to the poem you will get tomorrow.