February 4, 2009Ms. DurandSophomoreCollege Prep

ImageryTimeline of Lesson: 58 minutes

Abstract: The purpose of this lesson is to understand how to interpret and create an image from imagery within a story.

Objectives (by the end of the lesson students will be able to…) Define imagery Create a mental image of the imagery described in a poem or story Understand which senses are being referred to within the story or poem’s imagery

Standards Addressed:ELA 8: Understanding TextStudents will identify the basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for interpretationELA 12: PoetryStudents will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the themes, structure, and elements of poetry and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

Guiding Question: Do you create an image in your mind when a scene/ object/ person is described to you?

Procedure:

Write homework question on the board!!7:45 – 7:50 – Put a narration question on the board. Have students answer it.

Now and again we would glance up at the clock, but without anxiety, merely to please ourselves with the thought that each minute gone by made it nearer the time when he could come.

(Dahl 379) What type of narration is this? 1st 2nd 3rd narration?

7:50 – 8:00 – Pass back narration homework. Go over narration homework Explain real directions again Have student raise hand and answer Point out the “we” question Explain the quotation marks on 3rd question.

8:10 – 8:15 – Go over characterization homework

If it was up to the boy about when they would leave from the lodge, how do you think the story would change? What clues within the story about the boy’s personality lead you to your answer?

Do you think the father has done something like this before? Do you find the father to be very responsible? Use the text to support your answer.

8:15 – 8:25 – Go over imagery briefly Have students tell you what it is. Write the definition on board Imagery appeals to the sense through words: sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell. Pass out homework “Small Portions”

8:25 – 8:43 – Imagery art activity Pass out pictures. Two students to a picture. The pictures and sheet of paper are

color coded. Have students describe the image on a piece of paper, and how it stimulates

their senses. Tell them to remember their color. Collect all the papers. Have students return to their seat if they are out of them. Pass papers back out to students, make sure to hand each student a different

paper with imagery descriptions on them. Tell students to draw a picture according to the description on the paper. When done, allow volunteers to either come to the front of the class and show

the color on the paper and then have the student who did it bring up the picture they wrote the description of. Or I will show both.

Tell students that when they read anything that applies to the senses within literature they should try to draw a mental picture to get a better sense of what is being described.

Assessment:o Homework:

Read the poem “Small Portions” by Julia Alvarez Underline imagery and name the sense it is referring to. Type 2 response: How does Alvarez’s use of imagery help to explain the title of

the poem “Small Portions?”Materials:

o 10 Pictures o Pencils