![]() Lesson 3: Poetry in Motion
Student goals: Practice reading comprehension; identify synonyms, antonyms, and idioms; write poetry Time required: 40 minutes
![]() Poetry in Motion student reproducible (PDF), pen or pencil, chart paper Directions: 1. Distribute the Poetry
in Motion student reproducible (PDF). 2. Read aloud "From a Railway Carriage" with the class
and discuss the meaning. 3. Individually or in pairs, ask students to answer the questions
about "From a Railway Carriage." (Answer Key: Synonym
for "cattle"=cows (answers may vary); antonym for "gone"=here
(answers may vary); idiom="whistle by," which means "pass
by quickly") 4. Talk about the different forms a poem can take, such as rhyming (poem containing repetition of similar sounds), free verse (poem with irregular line lengths or lack of regular rhyme), or haiku (poem that usually contains 17 syllables arranged in three lines). Have students work together as a class to brainstorm and write a poem about the magic of travel. Include at least one idiom in the poem. Wrap-up: After students have identified the similes, metaphors,
homonyms, and other figures and parts of speech within "From
a Railway Carriage," have them identify the same things in
their own class poem.
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