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Step Fun with Poems
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-S elect and explore poems
TT In this unit you will analyze models and practice strategies in order to create an inventory of emotions.
You may want to find out information about how to read a poem. You can use the following website for information: https://writing.wisc.edu/ Handbook/ReadingPoetry.html
What is a poem?
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Listen to, read and enjoy the poems below. Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, A Her hardest hue to hold. A Her early leaf’s a flower; B But only so an hour. B Then leaf subsides to leaf, C So Eden sank to grief, C So dawn goes down to day D Nothing gold can stay. D By Robert Frost
Limerick There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, ‘It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!’ By Edward Lear
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Nursery Rhyme Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill went tumbling after.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. By William Shakespeare
1. Which poem from Activity 1 do you like the most? 2. Why did you like it? You understood most of the words? You liked the rhyme? You liked the message? 3. Which poem did you find difficult to understand? 4. Why was it difficult? there were many unfamiliar words? you didn't understand the general meaning? it was difficult to identify the poet's emotions and feelings?
discuss how the poems are similar or different. 3 Now Consider the aspects listed.
* It is a nonsense poem. * They are ideal for young children. * They have a message. * They use examples of nature to express their thoughts. * They are humorous.
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hue: (n) color subsides: (v) becomes less strong grief: (n) sadness lark: (n) a small, brown bird pail: (n) a bucket tumbling: (v) to fall suddenly and roll over and over without stopping tide: (n) a rise and fall of the sea
with a classmate. Have fun reading the poem you like 4 Work out loud. Unit 2 · Fun with Poems
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