Unit plans with 3 sessions on poetry comprehension – On His Blindness by John Milton.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
- Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation (session 1).
- Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem (session 2).
- Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context (session 3).
Lesson Preview:
- Poem and Summary (Scaffold Notes 1)
- Introduction and Poet (Scaffold Notes 2)
SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION
Discussion:
- Sonnet Types (Scaffold Notes 3)
- Miltonic Sonnet Structure (Scaffold Notes 4)
- Poetry Analysis Guide (Scaffold Notes 5)
- Poetry Analysis Template (Scaffold Notes 6)
Collaborative Group Tasks: - Pair-Share - Matching the meanings with the words used for the lesson (Exercise 1)
- Ask-Write - Identifying the octet, sestet, rhyme scheme, and the syllables (Exercise 2)
- Write-Advance – Making a critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 3)
Assessment - Poetry Analysis Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 7)
Differentiated Tasks - Answering think a bit questions (Exercise 4)
Plenary – Testing student understanding of sonnets (Exercise 5)
SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES IN POETRY AND THEIR USAGE
Discussion:
- Comparison Devices (Scaffold Notes 8)
- Sound Devices (Scaffold Notes 9)
- Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 10)
Collaborative Group Tasks: - Pair-Share – Finding what words/phrases/clauses suggest in the sonnet (Exercise 6)
- Ask-Write - Identifying and explaining the poetic devices used in the poem (Exercise 7)
- Write-Advance - Finding clues to infer character of Milton in the Octet and Sestet (Exercise 8)
Assessment - Poetic Devices in Poetry Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 11)
Differentiated Tasks - Answering differentiated questions based on poem theme (Exercise 9)
Plenary – Answering poetic devices questions (Exercise 10)
SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
Discussion:
- Annotation Guide (Scaffold Notes 12)
- Annotation Template and Prompt (Scaffold Notes 13)
- Explanation Prompts for Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 14)
Collaborative Group Tasks: - Pair-Share - Summarizing the meaning of the poem (Exercise 11)
- Ask-Write -Identifying annotation elements (Exercise 12)
- Write-Advance - Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13)
Assessment - Annotation Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 15)
Differentiated Tasks - Answering annotation questions (Exercise 14)
Plenary - Answering multiple choice questions (Exercise 15)
Home Learning: Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 16)
Common Core Standards - ELA.LITERACY.RL.6-8.1-4
Skills - Social and Cognitive
Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
- To challenge early finishers
- For effective tutoring
- As ESL stations and sub tubs
- As holiday work and homework
- For small group collaborations
- For an end of unit assessments
- For reinforcement and enrichment
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ON HIS BLINDNESS - MILTONIC SONNET - BUNDLE
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READING POETRY: LESSONS AND RESOURCES - BUNDLE
A bundle of products on poetry comprehension that deal with: * Critical Appreciation of the Poem * Identification of Poetic Devices used in the Poem * Annotation of the Poem Lines This download includes unit lesson plans and resources on: * The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth * Sympathy by Charles Mackay * Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Lee Frost * The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson * Daffodils by William Wordsworth * O Captain, My Captain by Walt Whitman * The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost * Dragon Dance by Max Fatchen * A thing of Beauty by John Keats * Full Moon and Little Frieda by Ted Hughes * Thought Fox by Ted Hughes * On His Blindness John Milton * Tyger Tyger by William Blake * The Enchanted Shirt by John Hay * An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by William Butler Yeats * King Bruce and the Spider by Eliza Cook * A Girl called Golden by David Bateson * The Brook by Alfred Tennyson * If- by Rudyard Kipling * The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: * To challenge early finishers * For effective tutoring * As ESL stations and sub tubs * As holiday work and homework * For small group collaborations * For an end of unit assessments * For reinforcement and enrichment
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