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In this instructional unit, students will focus on the essential components of narrative poetry by writing the first two stanzas of their own poems. Emphasizing team cooperation skills, students will share their ideas and constructively discuss the stanzas. The unit includes analyzing renowned poems, exploring vocabulary, and enhancing reading comprehension through discussions on works such as Lochinvar. Students will engage with test questions that promote analysis of characters, events, and thematic elements, culminating in a deeper understanding of narrative structure in poetry.
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Cycle 1, Day 6 Reading strategies foundation unit
Writing Project: • Narrative Poem • Write the first two stanzas of a narrative poem. • Team Cooperation Skill: • Explain your ideas and tell why
Stanza 1 Example A A B B A • Listen my children and you shall hear • Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere • On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five • Hardly a man is now alive • Who remembers the famous day and year.
Cycle Test Questions • While Paul Revere waits on the other side of the Charles River, what is his friend doing? • Both Paul Revere and Jennie M’Neal make nighttime rides. How are their purposes for riding similar? • Your partner is having trouble with the word quaffed in stanza 5 of the poem “Lochinvar.” What strategy would you suggest your partner use to clarify the word? • List the important events that happen in the poem “Lochinvar.” Write a summarize of the action in your own words. • Write a good discussion question you could ask about the poem “Lochinvar.” • Describe the qualities of Lochinvar that the poet admires. Do you think Lochinvar’s actions are admirable? Why or why not?