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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)
Supply List
Lesson Plans, Checklist and Syllabus
Answer Key
How To Grade Your Student
Legal Stuff
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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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