Hurricane
HURRICANE
A Poem by Dionne Brand
Lesson duration is: 60 minItems in this lesson
HURRICANE
A Poem by Dionne Brand
Learning Outcome-
We are learning to:
✔ Read a poem with expression.
✔ Identify clues that show a hurricane is coming.
✔ Explain how the poem creates excitement and fear.
✔ Share our ideas using evidence from the poem.
Big Question
🌪 How can a poet make us feel a storm without showing us a picture?
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Observe the Picture and write a noun phrase to describe it.
Let's Meet the Poet-- Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand was born in Trinidad and is a poet, novelist, non-fiction writer, filmmaker, educator, and activist. She has written 10 previous books of poetry, and is a winner of the Governor General’s Award, the Trillium Book Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and a past winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize
List three signs in the weather that tell people that hurricane is coming.
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List three things people do to make their house ready for hurricane.
If you were inside the house...
What would you--👀 see?👂 hear?❤️ feel?
Poetic Devices Used in the Poem
📰 You are a weather reporter!
Complete this sentence :"Warning! A hurricane is coming because ________."
Recite and Rejoice
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How well can you read the poem with expression?
Big rain coming! Big rain coming!
Simile
Repetition
Alliteration
Metaphor
"Dark clouds gather"
Simile
Repetition
Personification
Metaphor
"Branches falling", "Raindrops flying"
Simile
Repetition
Imagery
Metaphor
"Treetops swaying"
Simile
Repetition
Personification
Metaphor
Mongolia at a Glance:
Quick Facts
🌏 Continent: Asia
🧭 Capital: Ulaanbaatar
🇷🇺 North: Russia
🇨🇳 South, East & West: China
🏜️ Major Physical Feature: Gobi Desert
🌾 Landscape: Vast grasslands (steppes), mountains, and deserts
Which animal from Indian mythology fascinates you the most? What is the story behind it?
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Poetic Devices-- Which words make a picture in your mind?
