Today in class I analyzed a poem. We started with inferring what the poem is going to be about from the title. Next we read the poem twice. Once just to get a feel, the second to try and break the poem down. While reading we identified rhetorical devices. We also defined any words we weren’t familiar with.We made a chart to find the literal an figurative meaning of different parts of the poem. We summarized the poem and found the theme of the poem. Lastly, we made claims based on the poem and supported it with evidence from the poem.
Today in class we read a short story that wasn't really short. The was called Rockpile by James Baldwin. We had a discussion about the story in class. The story was about a hangout for older kids called the rockpile. The rockpile was considered a bad place for younger kids because it was dangerous. One day Johns brother Roy decided to go to the rockpile even though their mother told them not to. While at the rockpile their was a gang fight and Roy was injured. The father tried to blame John but the mother defended him.
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