Aim: How are metaphors used by writers to send meaning to readers?
Do Now: Complete the following: Love is…
DN:
Today in class Ms.Peterson asked us in the do now what we believe love is. Students in the class gave answers of love is what makes the world go round, love is complex, love is hard to find, love is an unstoppable force, and love is an emotion. I answered that love is supporting someone no matter what.
What is a metaphor?:
On the next slide of the lesson Eleanor read the definition of a metaphor. She also read some tips for metaphors, such as metaphors often use a form of the verb “to be” and we do not use like or as to create the comparison in the metaphor. There is also some other information about metaphors. We then watched a video about metaphors, describing what it is, how it's used, and some examples of metaphors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4gMKZKU3lE&ab_channel=TheRedRoomCompany
What is an extended metaphor?:
On the next slide of the lesson Julianna read the definition of an extended metaphor. There were also some examples of extended metaphors named to such as Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son”. Ms.Peterson also inserted a picture example of an extended metaphor on the slide.
“Poetry for Everyday Life”:
On the next 2 slides students in the class read certain paragraphs of the poem “Poetry for Everyday Life” By David Brooks. While reading the poem we were instructed to annotate the poem.
Class discussion:
On the next slide someone read the poem “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” By Emily Dickinson. After reading the poem as a class we discussed how the author used extended metaphors to express a theme or message to the reader.
Group work:
On the last few slides we did group work. I was in group 2 with Julianna and Sofya. First we had to read the poem “Mother to Son” By Langston Hughes and annotate while reading the poem. Then on the next slide answer questions about the poem. For example asking why were extended metaphors used and what did they express, and what was the mother's message to the son.
On the next slide we read and annotate the poem “The Rose That Grew from Concrete” By Tupac Shakur. Then we answered the questions based on the poem. The questions were about how does the author use extended metaphors, what does the rose represent, and what does the concrete represent.
Then we answered a single question comparing the 2 poems “Mother to Son” and “The Rose That Grew from Concrete”. The question was about how do the 2 poems use extended metaphors to express a common theme.
Reflection:
I learned more in depth what a metaphor is and what an extended metaphor is. I also learned how to use them. Such as forms of the verb “to be” are more often used when forming the comparison.
I learned this because metaphors and extended metaphors are used by writers to send a message to the readers. After learning what metaphors and extended metaphors are we can use them to help better our poem writing skills and writing skills in general.
I will use what I learned in the poems we write in class to present a theme and send a message through the poem to the audience.
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