Module 2A - Unit 2, Lesson 6

Notices, Wonders, and Vocabulary of the Third Stanza of If

What are our learning

targets for Lesson 6?

I can describe the structure of the poem

If.
I can identify the meaning of unfamiliar
vocabulary from the context.

I can compare the experience of listening

to an audio version of the poem to reading
the poem.

Get out your

copy of If.
Follow along as
I read the third
stanza aloud.

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: Hold on!

Take a look at your

Analyzing If
Graphic Organizer.
You will be
completing it for
the third stanza
the same way you

Use the questions on

the next slide to refer
to as you complete
your notices and
wonders. Once you
have completed your
notices and wonders in
stanza 3, go back to
the poem, and mark

What do you notice and

wonder about the structure?

What do you notice and

wonder about punctuation?

What do you notice and

wonder about the word
choice? Are there any words
or phrases that stand out to
you? Why?

Class Discussion

What were some

of the things you
noticed?
Wondered? Why?

Re-read the third

stanza independently.
Once you have finished,
circle any words
unfamiliar
to
you.
Take a look at your
Word Replacement notecatcher.

Think-Pair-Share
Using context clues,
discuss what the
word sinew means.
Think

Pair

Share

A sinew is a
a muscle, a body part
that can break, or a
tendon.
The author may be using
the word sinew
figuratively in this
context. Paraphrase
this definition on your

Think-Pair-Share
What words could
you replace sinew
with that would
mean the same
figuratively?
Think
Pair
Share

You can replace it with

words like strength,
muscle, or physical
energy. This word
replacement strategy
can help readers
comprehend
unfamiliar vocabulary.

In your triad, complete

the Word Replacement
note-catcher. You have
5 minutes to complete
this.
End

Listen to the audio

version of the
poem once again.
Do not read along
as you listen to
the If
video.

Think-Pair-Share
How is the
experience of
reading the poem
different from
it? Share
Thinkhearing
Pair

Think-Pair-Share
How is the
experience of
reading it similar to
hearing it?
Think

Pair

Share

When listening, you hear more

emphasis on certain words and
phrases, and you hear the
rhythm of the poem more
clearly than when you read it
to yourself. On an audio
version there may be music or
sound effects, which help to
set a certain tone by
emphasizing a word or phrase.

Take a look at your

Exit Ticket: Venn
Diagram:
Comparing
Reading and
Listening to If.

List at least
three things you
experience from
listening to the
audio version.

List at least
three things
that listening
to and reading
the poem have
in common.

List at least
three things
you experience
from reading
the poem.

Complete your Venn

Diagram. Once you
finish, paraphrase
the third stanza. If
you do not complete
these, it is
homework.