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Fire in the Windowby Mary Mapes Dodge
Included: A brief excerpt from the poem and rigorous question set activities
promoting higher level-thinking development
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Tier 1
poetry selection
Jacob’s Ladder Goals & Objectives
Habits of Mind
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Fire in the window! Flashes in the pane!Fire on the roof-top! Blazing weather-vane!Turn about, weather-vane! Put the fire out!The sun’s going down, sir, I haven’t a doubt.
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Students will be able:Ladder CC1-Literary Elements-To identify and explain specific story elements such as character, setting, or poetic-device.C2-Inference-To use textual clues to read between the lines and make judgments about specific textual events, ideas, or character analysis.C3-Theme/Concept-To identify a major idea or theme common in the text.Ladder DD1 Paraphrasing Students will be able to restate lines read using their own words.D2 Summarizing Students will be able to provide a synopsis of text sections.D3 Creative Synthesis Students will create something new using what they have learned from reading and their synopses.
Ladder FF1: - Understanding Words – to identify and explain the meaning of figurative language or new vocabulary within the context of a story or poem. F2: - Thinking About Words – to analyze the use of words within the context as related to the theme of a text. F3 - Playing With Words – to accurately apply figurative language and new vocabulary to newly created contexts
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Habits of Mind
Working Interdependently
Thinking about Thinking (metacognition)
Innovating, Creating, Imagining
Refer to Jacob’s Ladder Story Table for Ladder C, D & F Thinking Questions.
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Tier 2Rigor
(Discussion)
High Level Strategies with
Ladder C, D & F Questions
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Discussion Strategies: Think-Pair-Share, Write-around, 3-4 Podcast slides (Pixie, Frames).
Choose 2 of 3 questions below to complete.
C1 — With a partner, in a small group, or a recording read the poem with the correct pauses and punctuation kept in tact. After that reading, read it as if the exclamation marks were periods. Explain the difference.
C2 — Poll a number of people about what they think the fire in the window is. Does a majority of the people think one answer? If so what do they think the author infers it represents?
D1 — Rewrite the poem from the sun’s view point or perspective.
D2 — How would you justify to some one that this is the best time of day? Write a letter expressing your reasons.
F1 — After making a list of all the words you associate with the sun, compare your list to another students. Which words do you both have? Do you agree with your partners choices?
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Tier 3Rigor
(Discussion)
High Level Strategies with
Ladder C, D & F Questions
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Discussion Strategies: Think-Pair-Share, Write-around, 3-4 Podcast slides (Pixie, Frames).Choose 2 of 3 questions below to complete.
C3 — Power in nature is a theme of this poem. Choose another nature related topic such as rain, wind, snow, etc & write a poem expressing its power.D3 — Choose an ordinary every day event to write a poem following the style of this poem. Don’t forget about rhyme scheme, number of lines, and descriptive word choice used.
F2 — This poem gives the reader a positive, upbeat feeling upon the sun going down. How could the author write the poem if the sun were just coming up?
F3 — Know the bid idea of the poem, the author has asked you to come up with a title for the poem. What would your new title be?
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Tier 4
Reflections/Relevance
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Choose one of the writing ideas to complete. Be creative.
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Suggested project strategies: Write a podcast script; create a puppet show; develop a PSA; a PowerPoint presentation; write and be an actor in a skit; write a persuasive speech and give before the class.