- Define SPOTTSS and apply it to a specific work
- Use the SPOTTTSS method to analyze poetry
Tasks:
- Discuss the strategies for analyzing poetry, including SPOTTTSS.
- Click here for the SPOTTTSS Analysis Guide
- Click here for the SPOTTTSS Graphic Organizer
- Apply the SPOTTTSS method to Sylvia Plath's "Mirror"
- Discuss the TEAR system for writing about poetry.
Homework:
- Using the information you have gathered doing a SPOTTTSS analysis, write a strong TEAR paragraph in response to Plath's "Mirror" with attention to meaning and how that meaning is constructed. Post your response as a comment to this post.