In this instructional activity, young scholars examine multiple mentor texts to help drive them toward the final persuasive writing assignment: comparison and contrast poems written from a parent and a child's perspective. A short story, two poems, and a song will be analyzed for their use of word choice, idea development, and literary elements. The concept of coming of age or rites of passage will also be analyzed and discussed.

Concepts

compare and contrast

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Additional Tags

writing poetry, "on turning ten" by billy collins, "to a daughter leaving home" by linda pastan, nnwp's going deep with compare and contrast thinking guide., northern nevada writing project, writingfix

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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Common Core

RL.9-10.7 RL.11-12.5