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