CERCA Slides by Grade
Grade 3: Analysis of Baseball by May Swenson
How does Swenson use techniques such as repetition, rhythm, and rhyme to show the how of playing baseball? (CCSS.RL.3.4; CCSS.W.3.2)
Grade 4: It Couldn't Be Done by Edgar Albert Guest
How does Edgar Albert Guest use sound and repetition to show the power of setting your mind to something? (CCSS.RL.4.2; CCSS.W.4.2)
Grade 5: Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
How does "Jabberwocky" show readers how sound can create meaning and imagery, even when the words don't make sense? (CCSS.RI.5.4, CCSS.W.5.2)
Grade 6: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
How does the poet use sound to convey the beauty of his lost love? (CCSS.RL.6.4, CCSS.W.6.2)
Grade 7: We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar
How does the poet use sounds to convey the conflict the speaker explores in the poem? (CCSS.RL.7.4;CCSS.W.7.2)
Grade 8: Invictus and Much Madness is Divinest Sense by William Ernest Henley
Compare and contrast the way the two poets use rhyme alliteration, and assonance to convey the theme of personal strength. (CCSS.RI.7.9; CCSS.W.8.2)
Grade 9: To Althea From Prison by Richard Lovelace
How does the poet use elements of sound to communicate the difficulty of imprisonment and the power of the human spirit? (CCSS.RL.9-10.4; CCSS.W.9-10.3)
Grade 10: Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
How does Landon use sound to convey her emotions toward her former love? (CCSS.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.W.9-10.2)
Grade 11: They Flee From Me by Sir Thomas Wyatt
How does the poet convey the drama of his romance using elements of sound? (CCSS.RL.11-12.4; CCSS.W.11-12.2)
Grade 12: Let Evening Come by Jane Kenyon
How does the poet use the sound of poetry to convey her emotions about death? (CCSS.RL.11-12.4; CCSS.W.11-12.2)
