English Language Arts and Reading.2.10.F
The student is expected to
identify and explain the use of repetition.
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Knowledge and Skills Statement
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.
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.