Learning Goal:
I am learning to…
Apply reading strategies so we can make meaning from a text;
Reflect on my learning.
Success Criteria:
I can identify elements of style present in various text forms
I can make inferences while reading
I can identify significant ideas in a text
I can annotate a text to show my thinking
I can identify new learning
I can explain what the new learning is
The lyrics of “Kryptonite” by 3 Doors Down is a metaphor for a man who believes that he is strong in all other aspects of life besides his relationship.
Read the lyrics Copy of song lyrics (Hard copy)
Using the HIGHLIGHT CODE below, mark up the song.
Colour #1 = images/references to hero
Colour #2 = allusions or references to pop culture
Next, annotate (markup) the text by leaving comments beside each of the song lines that explain what the worry or problem the narrator is having.
Once, you’ve annotated the song for meaning, I’d like you to think about the poetic devices that the writer is using.
Poetic devices are tools that writers use to help them create meaning.
Here is what the annotated text can look like.
Once you have completed annotating the song, compare your thinking and observations to other people’s ideas.
Finally, write one paragraph that identifies something that you learned in this lesson.
Maybe you learned about a new poetic device. Or maybe you learned how to annotate the text. Or maybe it is something else altogether.
Start your paragraph with this sentence stem:
In the lesson on the song “Kryptonite”, I learned
Then explain what you learned.