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An unit plan with 3 sessions on poetry comprehension – O Captain, My Captain by Walt Whitman.
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)
- Poet, Introduction, and Setting (Scaffold Notes 2)
SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION
Discussion:
- Poetry Forms (Scaffold Notes 3)
- Poetry Structures (Scaffold Notes 4)
- Poetry Analysis Guide (Scaffold Notes 5)
- Poetry Analysis Template (Scaffold Notes 6)
Collaborative Group Tasks: - Pair-Share - Vocabulary Check (Exercise 1)
- Ask-Write - Identification of Poetry Elements (Exercise 2)
- Write-Advance – Critical Appreciation of the Poem (Exercise 3)
Assessment - Poetry Analysis Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 7)
Differentiated Tasks - Planning to write poems (Exercise 4)
Plenry – Selecting correct options for poem comprehension (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)
- Poetic Devices Prompts (Scaffold Notes 11)
Collaborative Group Tasks: - Pair-Share – Meaning of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 6)
- Ask-Write - Identification of poetic devices (Exercise 7)
- Write-Advance - Explanation of the Poetic devices as used (Exercise 8)
Assessment - Poetic Devices in Poetry Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 12)
Differentiated Tasks - Creating poems (Exercise 9)
Plenary – Selecting correct options for poem comprehension (Exercise 10)
SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
Discussion:
- Annotation Guide (Scaffold Notes 13)
- Annotation Template and Prompt (Scaffold Notes 14)
- Explanation Prompts for Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 15)
Collaborative Group Tasks: - Pair-Share - Summarizing the meaning (Exercise 11)
- Ask-Write - Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 12)
- Write-Advance - Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13)
Assessment - Annotation Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 16)
Differentiated Tasks - Analyzing poems (Exercise 14)
Plenary - Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 15)
Home Learning – Online Quizzes and Online Comprehension Passages
CCSS - 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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O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN BY WALT WHITMAN - BUNDLE
This bundled teacher resource is designed to help educators teach children how to read and understand poetry. It includes lesson plans, worksheets, and activities that focus on analysing the structure, language and themes of the poem. By using this resource, teachers can effectively introduce children to the beauty and complexity of poetry and help them develop the skills necessary to become confident and enthusiastic readers of poetry. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: * Give/explain the meaning of words in context. * Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases. * Retrieve and record information/identify key details from the text. * Summarise main ideas from the text. * Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. * Make comparisons within the text. * Predict what might happen from details stated and implied. * Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader. * Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text. This bundle includes: * Scaffolding Notes: 15 Handouts * Worksheets: 15 Exercises * Unit Lesson Plan: 35 Pages * PowerPoint Presentation: 37 Slides * Google Slides: 37 Slides ◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈ Save 50% on this BUNDLE! Note: These are also sold separately! ◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈
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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