"Envy" poem work - Juxtapositions

Today's work included discussion about self-awareness in the context of how students behave during class if they do NOT want to get called on.

This assignment below was given and is for homework if students did not finish

Sightlines 10 -- Envy, a poem pp 47-48

 

1. In your own words define the word ‘envy’

 

2. In a paragraph describe a time where you felt envious (Who did you envy? why? Explain)

 

3. This poem is based on juxtapositions (a type of contrast where different ideas are place side by side [either physically or thematically]). 

Set up a two-column chart with one column labeled ‘The Speaker of the Poem’ and the other ‘Other Boy.’  Re read the poem and fill in the chart with the qualities of each.

 

Below each column write a one or two sentence summary of each character.