A Light in the Attic

Author: Shel Silverstein

Illustrator: Shel Silverstein

Genre: Poetry

Silverstein, Shel. A Light in the Attic. London: Particular, 2011. Print.

Annotation
There is a light on in the attic. The speaker in the story is on the outside looking in, and there is a person inside the attic looking out.

ELA Content Standards
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity- Grade 2
10.) By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

How it Connects: Students will be able to comprehend the words in the poem and what it is about. They will also be able to view how poetry is set up with the different stanzas.

Craft and Structure- Grade 1
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

How it Connects: This poem has a lot of repetition and suggest different moods throughout it. With this poem students will be able to discuss the different feelings and what they different stanzas mean.

Tier 3 Vocabulary
flickerin', flutter, attic, shuttered

Classroom Usage
Independent Reading: Read silently two times, write down what they think the poem is trying to tell the reader.

Small Groups: Discuss the repeated phrases. Talk about repetition and stanzas.

Centers: Students can split up into 4 groups, (more or less depending on class size) and write a poem about any topic they would like.

Differentiation
This poem could meet the needs of ELL students by showing them what different genres look like, and how to interpret them.