Your students will create an author biography by researching Shakespeare and establishing his profile on a poster. Old age should rage and rave at close of day. Poetry Lesson Plan Instructor: Dana Dance-Schissel Dana teaches social sciences at the college level and English and psychology at the high school level. This resource can be adapted easily to the analysis approach that you teach. 7 matching questions with figurative language. curriculum to supplement or use as your main curriculum.this is it! Choices will include, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, symbolism, concrete poetry, refrain, personification, rhyme scheme. My students gave villanelles the ol college try, but also felt a little too constrained. Grading your students work will be easier with this rubric that has all the essential components such as: organization, elements of poetry writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling. Students study various poets, watch a clip from DEAD POETS' SOCIETY for the "carpe diem" poem, listen to Loreena McKennitt's "The Lady of Shalott" as they study Tennyson, and watch the Simpsons' "Nightmare Cafeteria" to delve into satire and write their own satirical poem. 'It Can Save Lives': Students Testify to the Power of Poetry Melissa is the creator of Reading and Writing Havenand a collaborative blogger on Teachwriting.org. Inquiring Mind of the English Teacher Kind, year to help ward off senioritis. Next, your students will listen to the songIf I Die Young by The Band Perrythat carries a similar message. Student Poetry on Display: Four Ways to Showcase Large scale magnetic poetry + a bulletin board becomes push pin poetry. You choose the words. Part one explores poetic analysis, part two requires students to write a free response essay to the prompts provided and part three requires students to answer comprehension questions regarding the poem " We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. Playing with Poetry (Grade 5 English) Just to get students thinking about rhythm and rhyme, I ask them to write texting couplets. For the purpose of poetry in the classroom, just encouraging students to write and learn about the structure of a poem is a success. Use with interactive notebooks or as traditional worksheets. Some days, it might be hard for students to get motivated or inspired. The Window on the Hill | Listen to Podcasts On Demand Free | TuneIn 2. An old-but-good poetry resource. See examples of the stunning results on iPadAddiction. The class meets during seventh hour (the last period of the day) and is open to juniors and seniors, and sophomores with approval. Give your students photocopied pages of a book or textbook, and ask them to find a poem within the words already printed on the page. Not warm, not hot, but cold. As a small group, come up with as many questions as you can in the next 5 minutes! 15 Unique Poems Every High Schooler Needs to Read KidsKonnect is a growing library of high-quality, printable worksheets for teachers and homeschoolers. I've also included a schedule for teachers to follow day-by-day! (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) Using Literature Circles in Middle School ELA: A Complete Guide, 8 Engaging Tips for Teaching Figurative Language, Teaching Transcendentalism: Everything You Need to Know, How to Teach Connotation vs. Denotation (And Why its a Vital Lesson), Full text of the poem To an Athlete Dying Young by A. E. Housman, Analysis questions for the poem To an Athlete Dying Young, Song analysis questions based on the lyrics If I Die Young by The Band Perry, Compare and contrast question about the song and poem, EDITABLE copy of the questions so you can make modifications if needed, Full text of An Obstacle by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Due to copyright law, I am unable to provide a full text of the poem Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas), Graphic Organizer that closely examines both poems for: meaning, tone, figurative language, setting, imagery, and theme (PDF), Constructed Response task which requires students to develop an answer in paragraph form.