Grade 7, Unit 7 – Creating Characters in Poetry, Library of Activities

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Thieves of Light by Martín Espada

Four Sandwiches by Martín Espada

Offerings to an Ulcerated God by Martín Espada

Introspection by Nikki Giovanni

Mothers by Nikki Giovanni

Gus by Nikki Giovanni

Writing Tasks

S-6: “Thieves of Light” The Most Significant Line

S-8: Writing Like Martín Espada

S-10: Writing About “Offerings to an Ulcerated God”

S-17: “Mothers” The Most Significant Line

S-19: Writing Like Nikki Giovanni

S-22: Studying Character in Poetry A Retrospective Task

Charts for Discussion

S-1: “Thieves of Light”: A Retelling

S-2: “Four Sandwiches”: A Retelling

S-2: “Offerings to an Ulcerated God”: A Retelling

S-3: Simile: Examples

S-3: Metaphor: Examples

S-4: Images: Examples

S-5: Characters in “Thieves of Light”

S-5: Characters in “Four Sandwiches”

S-5: Characters in “Offerings to an Ulcerated God”

S-5: How Espada Creates Characters

S-6: The Most Significant Line in “Thieves of Light”

S-8: “Four Sandwiches”: Write Like Comparison

S-10: Espada’s Arguments in “Offerings to an Ulcerated God”

S-12: “Introspection”: A Retelling

S-13: “Mothers”: A Retelling

S-13: “Gus”: A Retelling

S-14: Giovanni’s Line Breaks, Spacing, and Punctuation

S-15: Parallelism: Examples

S-15: Listing: Examples

S-15: Giovanni’s Use of Parallelism and Listing

S-16: Characters in Giovanni’s Poems

S-16: How Giovanni Creates Characters

S-17: The Most Significant Line in “Mothers”

S-19: “Introspection”: Write Like Comparison

S-21: Giovanni’s Arguments in “Gus”

S-22: Character Description: A Model

S-23: Purpose of Characters: (Poem Title)

S-26: Work Done By Students in This Unit

S-26: Work Done By Teacher in This Unit

Forms and Graphic Organizers

Characters in Espada’s Poems

Characters in Giovanni’s Poems

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