IF- BY RUDYARD KIPLING - GOOGLE SLIDES

“If-” by Rudyard Kipling is a didactic poem that teaches valuable life lessons through vivid imagery and storytelling. This resource is designed to help students improve their poetry reading comprehension by analyzing the poem’s structure, literary devices, and themes. Through guided discussions and activities, students will learn to identify and interpret key elements of the poem, such as metaphor, repetition, and tone. By the end of the resource, students will have a deeper understanding of the poem’s underlying message and how it applies to their own lives.

This download includes:
SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS

• Pair-Share - Inferring the meaning of the words from the context (Exercise 1)
• Ask-Write - Referring lines to match with given meanings (Exercise 2)
• Write-Advance – Identifying the elements of the poetry. (Exercise 3)
• Write-Progress - Critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 4)
• Differentiated Tasks - Answering questions (Exercise 5)
• Plenary – Answering poetry elements questions (Exercise 6)
  SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES
• Pair-Share – Meaning of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 7)
• Ask-Write - Identification and explanation of poetic devices (Exercise 8)
• Write-Advance - Comparing “yourself” with “others” (Exercise 9)
• Differentiated Tasks - Answering differentiated questions (Exercise 10)
• Plenary – Answering poetic devices questions (Exercise 11)
  SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION
• Pair-Share - Summarizing the meaning of the poem (Exercise 12)
• Ask-Write - Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 13)
• Write-Advance - Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 14)
• Differentiated Tasks - Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 15)
• Plenary - Answering multiple choice questions (Exercise 16)