Robert Frost
Introduction to POETRY
Goals:
Students will understand and utilize literary elements to analyze poetry
Students will read a variety of poems
Students will apply a variety of reading strategies appropriate for reading poetry
(Listening, Identifying the speaker, Reading according to poetic punctuation, Using picture and imagery)
Bell Ringers:
Identify the following terms by using context clues:
Tuesday:
The apples that I picked upon a BOUGH
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful B.Tree branch C. Something that is plainly revealed D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat
Wednesday:
The animals skimmed this morning from the drinking TROUGH
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful B.Tree branch C. Something that is plainly revealed D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat
Thursday:
Good manners and tolerance, which are the highest MANIFESTATION of style, can often transform disaster
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful B.Tree branch C. Something that is plainly revealed D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat
Friday:
A JUDICIOUS response to a joke can disarm a rude person, removing the power to injure.
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful B.Tree branch C. Something that is plainly revealed D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat
Tuesday and Wednesday:
1. Students will be introduced to poetry terms
A. Students will copy terms
Goals:
Students will understand and utilize literary elements to analyze poetry
Students will read a variety of poems
Students will apply a variety of reading strategies appropriate for reading poetry
(Listening, Identifying the speaker, Reading according to poetic punctuation, Using picture and imagery)
Bell Ringers:
Identify the following terms by using context clues:
Tuesday:
The apples that I picked upon a BOUGH
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful B.Tree branch C. Something that is plainly revealed D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat
Wednesday:
The animals skimmed this morning from the drinking TROUGH
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful B.Tree branch C. Something that is plainly revealed D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat
Thursday:
Good manners and tolerance, which are the highest MANIFESTATION of style, can often transform disaster
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful B.Tree branch C. Something that is plainly revealed D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat
Friday:
A JUDICIOUS response to a joke can disarm a rude person, removing the power to injure.
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful B.Tree branch C. Something that is plainly revealed D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat
Tuesday and Wednesday:
1. Students will be introduced to poetry terms
A. Students will copy terms
B. Teacher and Students will discuss terminology
C. Students will apply terms in future readings
Wednesday/ Thursday:
2. Students will be introduced to Robert Frost: Introduction in text.
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Students will read two poems by frost
"After the Apple Picking" and "Mowing"
Terms: Tone, Rhythm, Rhyme scheme, Assonance, Consonance
2.Introduction:
Let's talk about the phrase:
YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
A. What does this mean?
Literal meaning:
Figurative Meaning:
B. Discuss apple facts:
The US is one of the world's leading apple-producing countries. Although Washington produces more apples than any other state, New England is home to many apple orchards as well. This area is well suited to growing apples because of its cold winters. While the fruit does not grow in the winter, the trees grow best in areas where the average temperature approaches or reaches freezing for at least two months every year. The trees blossom in the lat spring, but apple growers do not begin harvesting fruit until late summer or early fall
3. Read the poems and analyze
4. Apply terms
5. Compare the two poems.
Discuss: Setting, Frost's style, structure, theme
6. Answer questions dealing with both poems
Friday:
Quiz: Give students a copy of Frost's poem: "Two Tramps in Mud Time"
Have students analyze the poem.
Quiz: Give students a copy of Frost's poem: "Two Tramps in Mud Time"
Have students analyze the poem.
Tuesday: What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor
Wednesday: What is the rhyme scheme of "Mowing"?
Thursday: Find 2 lines of Personification in one of Frost's Poems
Friday: Test no closure
Friday, 12/5 Short Story Unit Test
Monday, 12/8: Poetry Terms Test
Teacher and students will discuss the exam
Teacher and students will discuss the exam
CC.1.3.11-12.G: Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text.
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