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Poetry and a Movie for High School ~ A Year Course
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A Letter To Parents & Students Before We Begin
To Students: Preparing for this Course (2:21)
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Lesson Plans, Checklist and Syllabus
Answer Key
How To Grade Your Student
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Introduction to Poetry
So, what IS poetry???
How do you write a poem?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Background
Literary Elements: Rhyme Scheme and Personification
Poetry: Kubla Kahn
Your Turn!
Grammar: Nouns
Preparing to Watch: Citizen Kane
Watch Citizen Kane
William Blake
Background
Literary Elements: Synecdoche
Poetry: Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time)
Your Turn!
Grammar: Verbs
Preparing to Watch: Chariots of Fire
Watch Chariots of Fire
Edgar Allan Poe
Background
Literary Elements: Assonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Parallelism
Poetry: Annabel Lee
Your Turn
Grammar: Pronouns
Preparing to Watch: Holes
Watch the Movie: Holes
Walt Whitman
Background
Literary Elements: Apostrophe
Poetry: O Captain! My Captain!
Your Turn
Grammar: Adjectives
Preparing to Watch: Dead Poet's Society
Watch the Movie: Dead Poet's Society
Bonus: Walt Whitman in commercials
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Background
Literary Elements: Imagery
Poetry: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Your Turn
Grammar: Adverbs
Preparing to Watch: The Blind Side
Watch the Movie: The Blind Side
Langston Hughes
Background
Literary Element: Simile and Metaphor
Poetry: Harlem
Your Turn
Grammar: Punctuation
Preparing to Watch: A Raisin in the Sun
Watch the Movie: A Raisin in the Sun
Bonus: Hughes in Commercials
William Wordsworth
Background
Literary Elements: Anastrophe and Hyperbole
Poetry: Ode, Intimations of Immortality
Your Turn
Grammar: Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections
Preparing to Watch: A River Runs Through It
Watch the Movie: A River Runs Through It
William Butler Yeats
Background
Literary Elements: Refrain, Metonymy and Consonance
Poetry: An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
Your Turn
Grammar: Sentence Structure
Preparing to Watch: Memphis Belle
Watch the Movie: Memphis Belle
Dylan Thomas
Background
Literary Elements: Metaphor
Poetry: Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night
Your Turn
Grammar: Abbreviations
Preparing to Watch: Interstellar
Watch the Movie: Interstellar
Robert Frost
Background
Literary Elements: Theme
Poetry: Nothing Gold Can Stay
Your Turn!
Grammar: Usage and Style
Preparing to Watch: The Outsiders
Watch the Movie: The Outsiders
Final Project
Writing an Essay
Persuasive Essay
Compare/Contrast Essay
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