Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" came to mind. I found several books that illustrated the poem. I read the poem to the class, showing the book illustrations. I then divided the class in pairs and assigned stanzas to each group. The class as a whole created "Sparks Notes" complete with illustrations to coincide with the poem. The project turned out well, and I will probably repeat it (with minor modifications) next year.
Babbling of an ordinary person about texts I am reading so I can actually remember WHAT I've read.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
We had just finished reading a Revolutionary War novel in my eighth grade reading class, and I wanted to do a project with the students to extend the learning in this timeframe. I thought about memorizing the Preamble of the Constitution (I can still . . . mostly . . . recite it from my junior high assignment), but I decided I needed to add a poetry element.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" came to mind. I found several books that illustrated the poem. I read the poem to the class, showing the book illustrations. I then divided the class in pairs and assigned stanzas to each group. The class as a whole created "Sparks Notes" complete with illustrations to coincide with the poem. The project turned out well, and I will probably repeat it (with minor modifications) next year.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" came to mind. I found several books that illustrated the poem. I read the poem to the class, showing the book illustrations. I then divided the class in pairs and assigned stanzas to each group. The class as a whole created "Sparks Notes" complete with illustrations to coincide with the poem. The project turned out well, and I will probably repeat it (with minor modifications) next year.
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