The Valley of Oranges

What is the name of the poet?

• Emily Dickinson

• Rubi Kaur

• Kathleen Keyes

• Sylvia Plath

The poem is set in…

• a cold city

• a patio/balcony

• a warm, exotic countryside

• Cork city

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CCSS.RL.7.3

What does the poet compare the peeling of an orange to?

• peeling a banana

• opening a packet of sweets

• sheering a sheep

• stripping a bed

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What poetic device does the poet use when comparing the peeling of an orange to the sheering of a sheep?

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

There are more many poetic devices used throughout this poem. Pick one and give an example from the poem.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

What kind of imagery does the poet use to describe eating an orange?

• imagery of daytime

• imagery of night time

• imagery of a circus

• imagery of winter

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

What were the two themes we studied for this poem?

• The Natural World

• A built up world

• Appreciating the small things

• Euphoria

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the themes do you prefer?

• The Natural World

• Appreciating the small things

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Give two reasons why you prefer this theme.

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CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.2B

Finish the quote.

"A half-cold moon on my tongue…"

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CCSS.L.7.5A