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Bundle of Sylvia Plath foldable poetry analysis activities + answer keys!
By The Red-Haired Reader
This bundle includes foldable poetry analysis activities for 3 Sylvia Plath poems: "Metaphors", "Morning Song", and "Mirrors". Please check out the products individually and watch my video on how to use my line of poetry foldables! Thank you!
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BUNDLE of 3 Foldable Poetry Analysis Activities by William Wordsdworth
By The Red-Haired Reader
This product bundles 3 of my foldable poetry analysis activities by William Worsdworth together for one low cost! You'll get "My Heart Leaps Up", "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge", and "The World is Too Much With Us". Please watch my video to see how foldables work, and check out each product link individually. Than you so much!
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E.E.Cummings Bundle of 3 Poetry Foldable Analysis Activities
By The Red-Haired Reader
This product bundles all 3 of my E.E. Cummings poetry analysis tools together for a discount! Please check out each resource individually below and watch my video about how to use foldables to chunk the text. Thank you so much!
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A Raisin In The Sun, Harlem, and Dreams synthesis Final Writing Assessment
By The Red-Haired Reader
This product can be used as a final assessment for A Raisin in the Sun. It requires students to synthesize the play and two Hughes poems by comparing the use of symbolism and the theme of the importance of dreams.
First, students will analyze "Harlem" and "Dreams" using the two foldables. Your students will fold the paper in half the long way, and cut along the black lines into the midline of the paper. They will end up with a long, skinny version of the poem on the front of the flaps, and analysis question inside. As they read the poem, they will peel back the flap to reveal questions that ask them to analyze the poem! I've attached my video that explains how to use foldables.
After the students analyze the poems, they're ready to write! The prompt asks them to synthesize all three texts by comparing e use of symbolism and the theme of the importance of dreams. I've included a comprehensive rubric so students are aware of the criteria, and teachers will be able to quickly and effective grade the final products!
Project ELA Reading Assessment Activity - Smash Doodles with Rubric
By Cheryl Bennett
Smash Doodles are a great way to assess reading while encouraging creativity, whether in ELA or ELL. I love using this at the end of the year to demonstrate that a student can read independently and show what they know. Plus, it's easy to grade! Also, a great resource for homeschooling at any age. The set up for these Smash Doodles (with the rubric) make it easy to grade.
Included:
1. Instructions
2 Smash Doodle Sheet that students fill out to make sure they meet all the criteria.
3. A second Smash Doodle Sheet that allows for more creativity
4. Easy to use rubric.
5. Criteria that pushes students to think critically and make use of best practices in reading comprehension.
So, what is it?
A Smash Doodle is a way to show what students have learned from the chapter or reading assigned. It involves creativity, color, the most important vocabulary, students' thoughts and questions.
Who is it for?
This resource works for any level of students and any reading. It can be used with novels, short stories, poetry, and even non-fiction. This assignment is automatically differentiated as students will choose the vocabulary that they need and not simply a list dictated by the teacher. It allows students to show their knowledge with images that they feel best represent the reading without compromising content.
What does the assignment include?
This particular Smash Doodle assignment includes:
- The title of the reading (and chapter of the book if applicable)
- 5 vocabulary words in English with the definition and a hand-drawn picture in color.
- 3 thoughts about the chapter
- 3 quotes from the book with page numbers to practice citations
- 3 questions. It could be things you are curious about or questions for characters
- A main image that represents the chapter.
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Poetry Comprehension Worksheets,Analyzing “She Sleeps by the Rill” by Wordsworth
By The Kidz Lab
Bring powerful poetry into your classroom with this beautifully designed comprehension resource for William Wordsworth’s poignant poem "She Sleeps by the Rill." This ready-to-use set of Poetry Comprehension Worksheets is ideal for grades 7–12 ELA or literature classes.
This printable and digital PDF includes:
Full-text of the poem
6 structured worksheet sections, each targeting a key analytical skill:
Theme & Meaning
Narrative Elements
Language & Diction
Cultural & Historical Context
Personal Response
Author’s Purpose
✅ Answer Guide included for teacher use or student self-assessment
Students will develop critical reading and interpretive skills by exploring:
- Literary devices
- Mood, symbolism, and tone
- The poet’s message and emotional impact
- Text-to-self and text-to-world connections
Perfect for:
- Poetry units
- Literature circles
- Sub plans
- Exam preparation
- Independent or guided analysis
This resource encourages deep engagement with poetry and aligns with Common Core standards for literature and textual analysis.
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PHYLLIS WHEATLEY'S "LETTER TO REVEREND OCCUM" [LETTER & LESSON ACTIVITIES]
By Richard B Williams
This is a dynamic moment in history! This Phyllis Wheatley "LETTER TO REVEREND OCCUM" [Letter & Lesson Activities] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. Wheatley's popular LETTER, 20+ discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Version, Projects, 10 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESIONTS, cover page for independent student packet possibility, and a Biography. This historical document allows students to read and analyze WORKS of literary merit. 10th - 11th Graders will love this RESOURCE. Check it out!
Summary:
Despite spending much of her life enslaved, Phillis Wheatley was the first African American and second woman (after Anne Bradstreet) to publish a book of poems.
Born around 1753 in Gambia, Africa, Wheatley was captured by slave traders and brought to America in 1761. Upon arrival, she was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston, Massachusetts. Her first name Phillis was derived from the ship that brought her to America, “the Phillis.”
The Wheatley family educated her and within sixteen months of her arrival in America she could read the Bible, Greek and Latin classics, and British literature. She also studied astronomy and geography. At age fourteen, Wheatley began to write poetry, publishing her first poem in 1767. Publication of “An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of the Celebrated Divine George Whitefield” in 1770 brought her great notoriety. In 1773, with financial support from the English Countess of Huntingdon, Wheatley traveled to London with the Wheatley's son to publish her first collection of poems, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral—the first book written by a black woman in America. It included a forward, signed by John Hancock and other Boston notables—as well as a portrait of Wheatley—all designed to prove that the work was indeed written by a black woman. She was emancipated her shortly thereafter.
Her firsthand account of history [primary sources] in the form of letters/historical documents have been used in education, specifically English classes, for decades because of their strength of diction and composition, but the content pretexts motherhood, wifehood, and blacks and women's fight for equality and recognition.
This 9th - 11th grade canonized set of letters allows students to understand the need to reflect.
This RESOURCE Includes:
1. Letter to Reverend Occum
2. Who was Phyllis Wheatley? Written Biography
3. Each letter has 3 -9 Discussion Questions [25 questions]
4. Wheatley's Wit
5. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]
6. 10 Multiple Choice Questions
7. Group letter Presentations and much more to make your classroom GREAT!
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ROBERT BROWNING'S "2 POEMS" [Lesson Activities & Poems]
By Richard B Williams
This Robert Browning "2 Poems" [Lesson Activities and Poems] product provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. 2 of Browning's popular poems, 16 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, quizzes, and a Biography. These poems allow students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 9th - 12th Graders will love this product. Check it out!
Summary:
Born May 7, 1812, London—died Dec. 12, 1889, Venice, Robert Browning, (born May 7, was a major English poet of the Victorian age, noted for his mastery of dramatic monologue and psychological portraiture. His most noted work was The Ring and the Book (1868–69), the story of a Roman murder trial in 12 books.
This 9th - 12th grade canonized set of poems allows students to understand life and love and the need to reflect.
Poems Included:
1. "My Last Duchess"
2. "Porphyria's Lover"
This Product Includes:
1. Who is Robert Browning? Written/Video Biography
2. Each poem has 16 Discussion Questions [16 questions]
3. Browning Visual Poetry
4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]
5. Group Poem Presentations
6. Dark Love and much more
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Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Socratic Seminar Assessment + Rubric
By The Red-Haired Reader
Are you looking for an authentic, student-led final assessment for Brown Girl Dreaming? This resource contains everything you need to hold a Socratic Seminar Fishbowl Discussion in your classroom for the text
Included are two different packets of Socratic Seminar packets- packet A and packet B. Each packet contains three different discussion questions that require students to answer and provide two quotes from the text to back up their answers. Students are also required to come up with three additional questions they will ask if there’s time in their seminar. Finally, the packet has a page where each student will monitor a partner in the opposite circle. They will make a check each time their partner speaks, and paraphrase meaningful comments their partner makes. The file also contains a rubric for you to use while your students are discussing!
When you print out the file, you’ll see packet A on the top half of the sheet, packet B on the bottom half, and then the rubric as the last page of the file. Remove the rubric and print one out for each of your students. Copy the rest of the pages, cut them in half, and staple them. Each student will receive one half-sheet booklet; packet A or packet B.
Give your students adequate time to plan for their Seminar! I usually give them a full class period (40 minutes for me), but you could have them do it for homework, or over the course of a few days. The day of the Seminar, you’ll assign partners with opposite packets. Let A discuss for as long as they need (usually 25 -30-ish minutes for me!), then flip-flop your circles and have B discuss afterwards.
My students LOVE Socratic Seminars! I have found the fishbowl discussion format works much better when you give each group three different questions so you don’t hear the same discussion two times, which is how this product is set up. I have used Socratic Seminars in small literature circle groups, as well as with the whole class at once. Please ask if you have questions!
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OCTAVIO PAZ'S "3 POEMS" [LESSON ACTIVITIES AND POEMS]
By Richard B Williams
This OCTAVIO PAZ'S "3 Poems" [Lesson Activities and Poems] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. 3 of Paz's popular poems, 21 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, quizzes, and a Biography. These poems allow students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 9th - 12th Graders will love this resource and your lesson. Check it out!
Summary:
Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet, writer, and diplomat was born March 31, 1914, Mexico City, Mexico—died April 19, 1998, Mexico City; he was recognized as one of the major Latin American writers of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.
This 9th - 12th grade canonized set of poems allows students to understand life and love for our own journey, heritage and relationships.
Poems Included:
1. "Wind, Water, Stone"
2. "As One Listens to the Rain" (includes Spanish Version)
3. "The Street"
This Product Includes:
1. Who was Octavio Paz (Video Biographies)
2. Each poem has 7 Discussion Questions [21 questions]
3. Paz Visual Poetry
4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]
5. Group Poem Presentations
6. Reciting Paz
7. It's About Us and much more
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SEAMUS HANEY'S "2 POEMS" [LESSON ACTIVITIES AND POEMS]
By Richard B Williams
This SEAMUS HANEY "2 Poems" [Lesson Activities and Poems] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. 2 of Haney's popular poems, 16 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, quizzes, and a Biography. These poems allow students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 11th - 12th Graders will love this product. Check it out!
Summary:
Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. A native of Northern Ireland, Heaney was raised in County Derry, and later lived for many years in Dublin. He was the author of over 20 volumes of poetry and criticism, and edited several widely used anthologies. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past." Heaney taught at Harvard University (1985-2006) and served as the Oxford Professor of Poetry (1989-1994). He died in 2013.
This 11th - 12th grade canonized set of poems allows students to understand life and love for our heritage and family.
Poems Included:
1. "Digging"
2. "Follower"
This Product Includes:
1. Who is Seamus Haney? (Video Biographies)
2. Each poem has 8 Discussion Questions [16 questions]
3. Haney Visual Poetry
4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]
5. Group Poem Presentations
6. ReCreating Haney
7. Reciting Haney and much more
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DYLAN THOMAS' "2 POEMS" [LESSON ACTIVITIES AND POEMS]
By Richard B Williams
This DYLAN THOMAS "2 Poems" [Lesson Activities and Poems] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. 2 of Thomas' popular poems, 14 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, quizzes, and a Biography. These poems allow students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 9th - 12th Graders will love this product. Check it out!
Summary:
Dylan Thomas, a Welshman, was a reporter and prominent writer in the early 20th century. His most famous poem, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," was published in 1952, but his reputation was solidified years earlier. Thomas' prose includes Under Milk Wood (1954) and A Child's Christmas in Wales (1955). Thomas was in high demand for his animated readings, but debt and heavy drinking took their toll, and he died in New York City while on tour in 1953, at age 39. was a reporter and prominent writer in the early 20th century. His most famous poem, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," was published in 1952, but his reputation was solidified years earlier. Thomas' prose includes Under Milk Wood (1954) and A Child's Christmas in Wales (1955). Thomas was in high demand for his animated readings, but debt and heavy drinking took their toll, and he died in New York City while on tour in 1953, at age 39.
This 9th - 12th grade canonized set of poems allows students to understand life and love for our childhood, heritage and family.
Poems Included:
1. "Fern Hill"
2. "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"
This Product Includes:
1. Who was Dylan Thomas (Video Biographies)
2. Each poem has 7 Discussion Questions [14 questions]
3. Thomas Visual Poetry
4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]
5. Group Poem Presentations
6. Reciting Thomas
7. It's About Us and much more
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OCTAVIO PAZ'S "3 POEMS" [LESSON ACTIVITIES AND POEMS]
By Richard B Williams
This OCTAVIO PAZ'S "3 Poems" [Lesson Activities and Poems] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. 3 of Paz's popular poems, 21 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, quizzes, and a Biography. These poems allow students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 9th - 12th Graders will love this resource and your lesson. Check it out!
Summary:
Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet, writer, and diplomat was born March 31, 1914, Mexico City, Mexico—died April 19, 1998, Mexico City; he was recognized as one of the major Latin American writers of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.
This 9th - 12th grade canonized set of poems allows students to understand life and love for our own journey, heritage and relationships.
Poems Included:
1. "Wind, Water, Stone"
2. "As One Listens to the Rain" (includes Spanish Version)
3. "The Street"
This Product Includes:
1. Who was Octavio Paz (Video Biographies)
2. Each poem has 7 Discussion Questions [21 questions]
3. Paz Visual Poetry
4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]
5. Group Poem Presentations
6. Reciting Paz
7. It's About Us and much more
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Love Poems Poetry Analysis Question Trail Secondary English Valentine's Day!
By The Red-Haired Reader
This is an interactive partner or small group activity that will have students up and moving throughout the room in order to answer 15 questions about poetic devices in 15 different modern and classic LOVE POEMS!
The product contains 15 multiple questions that have 4 answer choices. You will hang these signs around your classroom. Based on their answer, the students will be directed to another question. If the students make a mistake, they have to retrace their footsteps and find the question(s) they answered incorrectly. Each group/ pair will start at a different question, and the kids will "follow the trail" of questions throughout your room.
Poetic devices and techniques that are analyzed in the questions include: tone, figurative language, diction, syntax, rhyme, characterization, gist, author's purpose, paradox, enjambment, repetition, and anaphora.
Questions are asked about excerpts from the following poems:
Sara Teasdale's "I Am Not Yours"
Shakespeare's Sonnet 116
Shakespeare's Sonnet 130
Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Love's Philosophy"
Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty"
Sonia Sanchez's Haiku [for you]”
Nikki Giovanni's "Love Is"
Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose"
E.E. Cummings' "[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]"
Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee"
Pablo Neruda's “Don’t Go Far Off, Not Even For A Day”
Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband"
Judith Viorst's "True Love"
Luís Vaz De Camões' “Love is a fire that burns unseen”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”
Also included is an answer sheet for students to record their answers as well as an answer key for the teacher.
Please view the attached video that explains how to use my line of Question Trails for Literary Analysis!
Marrying the Hangman by Margaret Atwood chunked text analysis with answers
By The Red-Haired Reader
This Google doc helps students analyze Margaret Atwood's narrative poem "The Hangman's Wife". You can print the doc or have students complete it digitally.
I've included the full text of the piece on the left side of the doc and chunked it to correspond to 17 analysis questions on the right. Students will answer questions on symbolism, point of view, narrative voice, imagery, direct address, use of rhetorical questions, figurative language, characterization, syntax, word choice, and themes of power and gender. An answer key is included for your convenience.
You can use this piece in conjunction with The Handmaid's Tale, Alias Grace, or any of Atwood's other masterpieces. It would fit in well with a narrative poetry unit as well. Thank you for looking!
BUNDLE: 2 Foldable Poetry Analysis Activities: Countee Cullen
By The Red-Haired Reader
This bundle includes 2 Poetry Analysis Activities for the poetry of Countee Cullen: "Incident" and "From The Dark Tower". Please check out each product separately, and watch my video on how to use my line of foldables! Thank you!
Sonnets: Poem Analysis, Quizzes, Writing | Shakespeare to the Harlem Renaissance
By Rigorous Resources for High School English
This 45-page EDITABLE unit tracks the development of the sonnet from Shakespeare's day through by Harlem Renaissance. How are traditional sonnets written by English poets like Shakespeare and Keats similar to and/or different from modern sonnets written by Harlem Renaissance poets like Claude McKay and Countee Cullen? This unit invites students to compare traditional sonnets focused on love with modern sonnets focused on socioeconomic equality....
The twelve poems are divided into two reading packets, with the first packet focusing on early sonnets about romantic love, and the second packet focusing on modern sonnets about the black experience. Each reading packets is followed by a classwork packet that contains a quiz on literary devices, discussion questions for two poems, and quick writes. Finally, a third packet features a writing assignment, sample student paper, and glossary of literary devices.
Here's a detailed account of what you'll find in this 45-page curriculum:
• Homework Packets with Poems: The two homework packets contain a total of 12 love poems by award-winning poets such as William Shakespeare, Christina Rossetti, John Keats, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, and others. While the first packet focuses on traditional love poetry, the second packet focuses on modern love poetry. Thus, the two packets will set you up to facilitate fascinating discussions about how the sonnet has been put to different uses over the centuries! (12 pages)
• Literary Devices Glossary: A glossary with definitions and examples of the various types of figurative language, imagery, sound devices, and syntactic devices. Many teachers already have a glossary of literary devices, but I'm providing this in case you need one. (2 pages)
• Literary Devices Quizzes: Open each class with a quiz of 10 questions to assess whether students can accurately identify the literary devices found in poems from the packet: metaphor, personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, etc. Answer keys included. (4 pages).
• Discussion Questions: This unit features a list of discussion questions for two poems in each of the two homework packets. The discussion questions will ensure that each class discussion is focused and productive. Every discussion question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! The questions lend themselves to a range of different pedagogical uses: 1) to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, 2) to prompt in-class writing, 3) to assign written reflections for homework, etc. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster deep thinking! Answer keys included. (16 pages)
• Quick Writes: The quick writes give students an opportunity to capture and refine the best ideas generated in the discussion. Quick writes can also help reticent students to gather their thoughts so they'll feel ready and eager to contribute. (4 pages)
• Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on a poem of their choice. The assignment sheet contains detailed instructions for how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem (analyzing how the poem's formal features contribute to its meaning). This kind of formalist analysis is exactly what students are asked to generate on the AP Literature exam! Sample paper included. (3 pages)
This entire 45-page unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word *and* PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access all of the materials as a PDF — which is easy to navigate and quick to print!
My store is called “Rigorous Resources” because all of the resources contain rigorous content that will motivate students to engage in thought-provoking and productive discussions. Thank you for choosing “Rigorous Resources”!!
Happy teaching!
Adam Jernigan, Ph.D.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in POETRY: Analyze Poems w/ Metaphors, Similes, Symbols, etc
By Rigorous Resources for High School English
This 50-page EDITABLE poetry unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The 12 poems in this unit pivot on the use of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, etc.
Teach your students how to analyze figurative language through a series of engaging lessons on poems that students are guaranteed to love. The literary device quizzes, discussion prompts, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!
Here are some highlights from this 50-page curriculum:
• Homework Packets with Poems: The two homework packets contain a total of 12 poems by award-winning poets such as Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Elizabeth Bishop, Richard Wilbur, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, Julia Alvarez, Mark Doty, Sharon Olds, and others. The poems in each homework packet derive their meaning from the deft use of sensory images. These carefully selected poems will set the stage for your class to have fascinating and profoundly productive discussions!! (12 pages)
• Literary Devices Glossary: A glossary with definitions and examples of the various types of figurative language, imagery, stanzas, and syntactic devices. Many teachers already have a glossary of literary devices, but I'm providing this in case you need one. (2 pages)
• Literary Devices Quizzes: Open each class with a quiz of 10 questions to assess whether your students can accurately identify the literary devices found in poems from the packet: metaphor, personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, etc. The digital versions of the quizzes on Google Forms will grade every student's work and generate a list of their scores. Answer keys included. (4 pages).
• Discussion Questions: This bundle features a list of discussion questions for two poems in each of two homework packets. The discussion questions will ensure that your class discussions get off to a productive start. Every discussion question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! The questions lend themselves to a range of different pedagogical uses: 1) to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, 2) to prompt in-class writing, 3) to assign written reflections for homework, etc. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster deep thinking! Answer keys included. (16 pages)
• Quick Writes: The quick writes give students an opportunity to capture and refine the best ideas generated in the discussion. Quick writes can also help reticent students to gather their thoughts so they'll feel ready and eager to contribute. (4 pages)
• Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on a poem of their choice. The assignment sheet contains detailed instructions for how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem (analyzing how the poem's formal features contribute to its meaning). This kind of formalist analysis is exactly what students are asked to generate on the AP Literature exam! Sample paper included. (3 pages)
This entire 50-page unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word *and* PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access all of the materials as a PDF — which is easy to navigate and quick to print! Finally, as a free bonus, I'm including links to digital copies of every document in user-friendly platforms like Google Docs and Google Forms.
My store is called “Rigorous Resources” because all of the resources contain rigorous content that will motivate students to engage in thought-provoking and productive discussions. Thank you for choosing “Rigorous Resources”!!
Happy teaching!
Adam Jernigan, Ph.D.
Links to all of the poetry units in this collection:
Poetry Unit #1: Sensory Imagery in Poetry
Poetry Unit #2: Figurative Language in Poetry
Poetry Unit #3: Love Poems
Poetry Unit #4: Ethical Dilemmas in Poetry
Poetry Unit #5: Family Dynamics in Poetry
THE NYMPH'S REPLY TO THE SHEPHERD [LESSON ACTIVITIES AND POEM]
By Richard B Williams
This SIR WALTER RALEIGH "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" [Lesson Activities and Poem] resource provides students a chance to experience a variety of topics that cause reflection. Raleigh's popular poem, 9 discussion questions/essay prompts, a sample LITERARY & ANALYSIS Chart, LESSON ACTIVITIES, Black & White Versions, a quiz, and a Biography. This poem allows students to read and analyze these poems of literary merit. 10th - 12th Graders will love this resource. Check it out!
Summary:
Sir Walter Raleigh was born in 1552 to Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He was raised in a farmhouse near the village of East Budleigh in Devon, England. Raleigh studied at Oxford before serving in the Huguenot army in France (1569). A rival of the Earl of Essex for the queen’s favors, he served (1580) in Elizabeth’s army in Ireland, distinguishing himself by his ruthlessness at the siege of Smerwick and by the plantation of English and Scots Protestants in Munster. Elizabeth rewarded him with a large estate in Ireland, knighted him (1585) and gave him trade privileges and the right to colonize America. He died in May 13, 1922, Oxford.
This 10th - 12th grade canonized poem allows students to understand life, love, and what real happiness is.
This Product Includes:
1. Who was Sir Walter Raleigh? (Video Biographies included)
2. This poem has 9 Discussion Questions
3. Raleigh Visual Poetry
4. Literary and Participation Chart [Blank & Printable]
5. Group Poem Presentations
6. Reciting Raleigh
7. It's About Us and much more
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FAMILY DYNAMICS IN POETRY: Poems on Parent-Child Relationships | 3-Day Lesson
By Rigorous Resources for High School English
This 45-page EDITABLE poetry curriculum promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The 12 poems in this mini-unit all focus on the complex nature of family dynamics and parent-child relationships.
Because teenagers are caught up in complex relationships with their parents, these poems will set the stage for your class to have authentic discussions that inspire a whole new depth of reflection. The literary devices quizzes, discussion prompts, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!
Here are some highlights from this 45-page curriculum:
• Homework Packets with Poems about Parent-Child Relationships: The two homework packets contain a total of 12 poems by a diverse range of award-winning poets such as Sylvia Plath, Theodore Roethke, Sharon Olds, Audre Lorde, Li-Young Lee, Galway Kinnell, Tony Hoagland, Ada Limón, and others. Every poem focuses on a different kind of parent-child dynamic. Because teenagers have a lot to say about relationships with parents, these poems will set the stage for your class to have fascinating and profoundly productive discussions!! (12 pages)
• Literary Devices Glossary: A glossary with definitions and examples of the various types of figurative language, imagery, stanzas, and syntactic devices. Many teachers already have a glossary of literary devices, but I'm providing this in case you need one. (2 pages)
• Literary Devices Quizzes: Open each class with a quiz of 10 questions to assess whether your students can accurately identify the literary devices used in the poems from the homework packets: metaphor, personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, etc. The digital versions of the quizzes on Google Forms will grade every student's work and automatically generate a list of their scores. Answer keys included. (4 pages).
• Discussion Questions: This bundle features a list of discussion questions for the first poem in each of the homework packets. The discussion questions will ensure that every class discussion starts on a productive foot. Every discussion question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! The questions lend themselves to a range of different pedagogical uses: 1) to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, 2) to prompt in-class writing, 3) to assign written reflections for homework, etc. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster deep thinking! Answer keys included. (10 pages)
• Quick Writes: The quick writes give students an opportunity to capture and refine the best ideas generated in the discussion. Quick writes can also help reticent students to gather their thoughts so they'll feel ready and eager to contribute. (4 pages)
• Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on a poem of their choice. The assignment sheet contains detailed instructions for how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem (analyzing how the poem's formal features contribute to its meaning). This kind of formalist analysis is exactly what students are asked to generate on the AP Literature exam! Sample paper included. (3 pages)
This entire 44-page unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word *and* PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access all of the materials as a PDF — which is easy to navigate and quick to print! Finally, as a free bonus, I'm including links to digital copies of every document in user-friendly platforms like Google Docs and Google Forms.
My store is called “Rigorous Resources” because all of the resources contain rigorous content that will motivate students to engage in thought-provoking and productive discussions. Thank you for choosing “Rigorous Resources”!!
Happy teaching!
Adam Jernigan, Ph.D.
Links to all of the poetry units in this collection:
Poetry Unit #1: Sensory Imagery in Poetry
Poetry Unit #2: Figurative Language in Poetry
Poetry Unit #3: Love Poems
Poetry Unit #4: Ethical Dilemmas in Poetry
Poetry Unit #5: Family Dynamics in Poetry