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2.2.1 Intensive Reading: Simple poems

English · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • The persona in a poem
  • Repetition; surface and deeper meaning
  • Relating a poem on scientific innovation to real life; composing a short poem

What you will be able to do

  • identify the persona in a given poem
  • identify instances of repetition in a given poem
  • explain what the poem is about
  • appreciate the role of poems in communication

Key questions

“How is a poem different from a passage?”

“How can you say what is in the poem in your own words?”

Lessons

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  1. Persona and what the poem is about
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Tell a poem from a passage, name the persona, and say in your own words what a short innovation poem is about.
  2. Repetition, real life and a poem of your own
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Spot repetition, link the lamp poem to real life, then compose a short poem on a scientific innovation.