Famous Poems and Poets,
Poems: Far and Near:
A World of Words
Lesson Plan 2
Goal: The purpose of this lesson is allow students to read, explore, learn, and enjoy poetry so that their appreciation for the techniques of poetry and the poets of the present, past, and future might be fostered.
Intent of lesson:
Identify well known poets, forms, and define poetry terms by
searching the internet for relevant information. Rather than
asking students to search all over the internet, this scavenger
hunt takes them to specific sites.
OBJECTIVES:
Aligned with Tennessee Content Standards-
1.Identify historically significant poets and compare the form
and devices used.
2.Literary Response and Analysis - Students read and respond to
historically or culturally
significant works of literature that reflect and enhance history
and social science. They clarify the ideas and connect them to
other literary works.
3.Analyze the use of rhetorical devices
4.Participate in up-to-date school technology resources to
research factual material English
5.Create a scavenger hunt question and give a url where the
answer may be found. The student poses a relevant question
sufficiently limited in scope to be completely and thoroughly
answered
6..Explain the effects of common literary devices (e.g.
symbolism, imagery, metaphor) in a
variety of fictional and nonfictional texts.
MATERIALS:
Print out copy of scavenger hunt or use on-line version
ASSESSMENT:
There is an online poetry test
that concludes this unit. Students will also be graded on the
scavenger hunt. It must be completed and a grade will be given on
how well it's completed.
ACTIVITIES:
Partners or Individual:
Go on a poetic scavenger hunt! Work cooperatively with a partner
or small group to search for answers to the following questions.
Record the answers. If you have trouble, use the highlighted link
or the URL under it for those working from a printed version.
Create a new scavenger hunt question. List a URL where the answer
can be found.
Poetry Scavenger Hunt
1.Describe the pattern for a traditional Haiku poem.
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/haiku.htm
2.How many lines are in a limerick?
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/limerick.htm
3. Read a poem that W.B.Yeats wrote.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5379/yeats_index.html
4.Give an example of a couplet written by Ogden Nash.
http://web.aimnet.com/~veeceet/kids/nash.html
5.Compare two acrostic poems. Tell how they are alike and different.
http://www.geocities.com/cponykid/pages/acrostic.html
6.Explain the poetic device, Alliteration.
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/allitera.htm
7.Tell who (or what) is Mother Goose?.
http://www.gbalc.org/MotherGooseSociety/who.html
8.Name two poems written by Edgar
Allen Poe.
http://www.comnet.ca/~forrest/works.html
9.What well known poet wrote The
Jabberwocky?
http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/
10.Help the Cat in the Hat find his missing hat.
Tell how old he was on his last birthday!
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/birthday/games/maze.html
11.Write one poetry scavenger hunt question. List the URL where
the answer can be found.
Exchange your question with a classmate. Use the links from here.
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/lesson2.htm