Standard RL.LCS.9.1

RL.LCS.9.1 Determine the figurative and connotative meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text; analyze the impact of specific word choice on meaning and tone.

Grade(s): 6

Year: 2015

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson with Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe

Lesson

As Cricket, the main character in Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, searches for her mother, she is reminded of one of her mother’s favorite poems by Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers”...