Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances.
English Language Arts and Reading.2.10.F
The student is expected to
identify and explain the use of repetition.
Knowledge and Skills Statement
Demonstrated Proficiency of ELA.2.10.F
Read a poem or literary piece that uses repetition as a whole-group and ask students what they notice (they should notice repetition). Have students discuss why they think the author did that. Record student understanding on a checklist.
Student response examples:
- Repetition is used in poetry to create rhythm.
- Repetition is used in literature to bring attention to an idea.
- Repetition is used in literature to make a story engaging for listeners.
- Repetition is used in poetry to emphasize a feeling.
- Repetition is used to create a sense of urgency.