20-21 Reading Unit #5 MRH REVISED 2021 - MRH Plan 4
REVISED 2021 - MRH Session #4 - Analyzing Poems for Meaning
Description
Description: In this lesson, students will learn to summarize poems, identify their theme, and identify the narrator’s point of view (first or third person).
Notes for Educators
Read a poem together. *Include piece about summarizing and retelling what happened in the poem
Discuss with students:
- Who is telling the story? What kind of person might it be? Is this poem written in first or third person? How does that impact the story?
- How did the poem make you feel? What in the poem made you think that?
- What does the author feel about storms? What in the poem makes you think that?
- Why do you think the author wrote this poem? What is the theme of this poem?
Have students respond to concluding question, “Do you think the title is a good title for this poem?” Ask student to use evidence from the poem to support their answer.