8.4.1 Intensive Reading: Poetry

• Human characters in poems: who speaks, who acts, who is addressed
• Traits named with adjectives, proved by what the character does or says
• Role-play a poem; relate characters to real travel or daily lessons

• identify the human characters in a set of poems
• use adjectives to describe the traits of human characters in a set of poems
• appreciate the importance of human characters in poetry

“Why are human characters important in poetry?”

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1. Human characters: who speaks, who acts
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   Name the people in a poem. Quote what each one does or says. That quote is the evidence.
2. Traits, sticky notes, role-play
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   Describe each human with an adjective proved by a line, then act the poem and state a real-life lesson.