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Students will also gain the opportunity to think and write creatively by connecting their personal experience to the poem. |  |\n| Week of 5/4-5/8 |  |\n| Standard(s) |  |\n| R. KID.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary. | R.CS.6 Analyze how point of view and/or author purpose shapes the content and style of diverse texts. |\n| Resource(s) |  |\n| CommonLit Activity Possible Paired Texts (CommonLit) | Supplemental Videos\u003Cbr>Narrative Writing Rubric |\n| Task(s) |  |\n| “Nursing Home” by Hayes Davis Suggested Sequence of Activities:\u003Cbr>1. Read “Nursing Home” for understanding. Use the link above or see the document below.\u003Cbr>2. Take a look at the title and reflect on what it could mean.\u003Cbr>3. Read the poem again, but this time annotate it if you can (physically or digitally) .\u003Cbr>4. Write a brief summary of the poem in your own words.\u003Cbr>5. What do you think the poem means? Examine the words and phrases you identified while annotating. What do these words mean beyond the literal? Do they suggest something else? Think about who the subject of the poem is, what he/she is talking about, why you think the author wrote the poem, when the poem is happening, where the poem is happening, the poet’s attitude, and how the poem shifts from person to person or different times or places.\u003Cbr>6. Identify a theme for this poem.\u003Cbr>7. What poetic devices are present in this poem? How are they used? How do they help reveal the message of the poem? (simile, metaphor, allusion, imagery, personification, tone, point of view)\u003Cbr>8. Analyze the structure of this poem. How does the structure of this poem enhance or reinforce the greater message being communicated?\u003Cbr>9. How does the point of view of this poem reinforce the theme?\u003Cbr>10. Look at the title again. Do you have a different interpretation of it?\u003Cbr>11. Click on the “CommonLit Activity link above. Answer the multiple-choice assessment questions that areassigned to the poem.\u003Cbr>12. Compose a multi-paragraph response to the following NARRATIVE prompt: Think about a memorable moment in your childhood that forced you to grow up. Write a narrative detailing this moment and what it meant to you, how it changed you, or why it is so memorable. 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