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Today's Learning Goals:

 * Define situational irony and recognize how an author uses it in a poem.
 * Compare or contrast two author's versions of the same work.
 * Use poetic terminology to analyze a poem.
 * Recognize different kinds of poems, including: lyric and narrative poetry, free verse, haiku, diamonte, ballad, limerick, sonnet

Bell Ringer:
Who Am I?

=Mini-Lesson: Comparing two versions of one poem=
 * Define situational irony.
 * Read-Aloud: "Richard Corey" - the poem
 * How does this poem use **situational irony**?
 * Explain why this poem is written in **iambic pentameter**.
 * Notice the use of **alliteration**: what consonant?
 * Listen: "Richard Cory" - the song
 * On index card: Constructed Response:
 * **Compare OR contrast the perspective** of the townspeople/workers in regards to Richard Cory. **List three details** from song or poem to support your perspective.

=Assessment=
 * Poetry Quiz

=Independent Reading=
 * Writer's Conferences--challenge essay