Emily Dickinson Bundle: Poetry Stations, Pennants, Analysis, Style
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Looking for unique, engaging resources to teach Emily Dickinson's poetry? This bundle has you totally covered with a fun biography mini escape about her life, poem stations, pennant creation, and poetry/style analysis.
WHAT'S INCLUDED . . .
All resources in this bundle contain:
⭐Step-by-Step Instructions
⭐Bell Ringer(s)
⭐Answer Keys
⭐Common Core ELA Aligned
✅ Resource 1: EMILY DICKINSON BIO MINI ESCAPE
► 3 Puzzles about Emily Dickinson
► Optional biographical poem task (example given)
► Printable clue labels
⭐Students need access to the Internet.
⭐ No locks needed!
❤️Your students will have so much fun solving puzzles to get to know Emily Dickinson they won't even realize they are working!
✅Resource 2: STATIONS & STYLE
► 8 stations - Each stations contains a short poem followed by 3 or 4 questions relating to that poem. Poems for this:
"I Had No Time to Hate, Because"
"Success"
"If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking"
"I’m Nobody"
"Much Madness is Divinest Sense"
"The Bee Is Not Afraid of Me"
"The Battle-Field"
"Nature Rarer Uses Yellow"
► Exit ticket for students to draw conclusions about theme and style.
►Author's Style Analysis task - Students read 4 poems by authors and decide which two are Dickinson's. Students decide on the stylistic elements that characterize Dickinson's poetry and explain their reasoning.
► Poem Analysis task - Students read one last poem by Dickinson, decide on poetic elements and theme, and discuss. A video explanation of the poem is also suggested.
✅3rd Resource: POETRY PENNANTS
► Scaffolding Task - Students analyze a short poem by Dickinson and look for poetic elements, decide on a theme, and circle notable images.
► Example of pennant and explanation for the poem used in the scaffolding task, so students are clear on the expectations for the pennant assignment.
► 10 different Emily Dickinson poems. Each student chooses only one, but they will be exposed to all of them in the next day's lesson. Poems for this:
"Mother Nature"
"Problems"
"Could I But Ride Indefinite"
"Have You Got a Brook in Your Little Heart"
"The Chariot" - (aka "Because I Could Not Stop for Death")
"Hope" - (aka "Hope is a Thing With Feathers")
"Dying'
"I Felt a Funeral in My Brain"
"The Wind"
"Nobody Knows This Little Rose"
► Student Instructions Handout - includes assigned/selected poem along with directions to complete the task, example, and rubric.
► PNG image of the blank pennant if you want students to put it in PowerPoint or Google Slides type their explanation rather than write it on lined pennant.
► Rubric for grading - 2 options - Editable
❤️Print and Go!
❤️Great as a sub plan!
These lessons require students to think critically and creatively, analyze poetry, collaborate with others, observe stylistic elements, and enjoy their learning. They will walk away with a lot of knowledge about Emily Dickinson and her poetry because they will be exposed to many of her poems.
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