Dead Poets Society | O Captain My Captain | Robert Frost Poetry Activity
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Robert Frost Poems and BiographyYour middle school students will gain an appreciation of the life and poetry of Robert Frost in this collection of his famous poems. This easy-to-implement 6 day lesson plan will introduce your students to the life of Robert Frost and a collection of his most famous pPrice $8.80Original Price $11.00Save $2.20
1. Your students will enjoy creating metaphors with this original and engaging activity. You can teach it as a stand-alone activity or as a launch for a Poetry Unit or Unit on Figurative Language. Activity allows for student choice while enabling them to work at their own pace. Always a BIG hit!ThisPrice $16.40Original Price $20.50Save $4.10
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Extend your students’ understanding of Robert Frost’s Biography and his three poems: “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Road Not Taken” with a Dead Poets Society viewing and study of “O Captain! My Captain!”. With references to Frost’s poems and ties to themes of nonconformity, your students will engage in a rousing discussion on conformity before taking an assessment to show what they have acquired during the supplemental unit. Your students will have a grasp on the layered theme of nonconformity in no time!
❤️Why you will LOVE this resource!
Students will love connecting the work of a famous poet with the contemporary movie Dead Poets Society and will be so engaged in the class discussion on conformity that they won’t even realize how they are being graded on their participation!
✅Your Dead Poets Society and “O Captain! My Captain!” Resource Includes:
- Plan for 4 Day Mini Unit & Notes to the Teacher Detailed notes on the clips to show from the film Dead Poets Society
- Analysis of "O Captain! My Captain!" (answer keys included)
- Class Discussion (which can be done Socratic style) and Grading Rubric
- Final Assessment (answer key included)
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Innovation Learning Center. says, "Nothing is funnier than standing on your desk, reciting this poem and having you kids' jaws drop! Great activity for analysis."
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