On the grasshopper

• ENGLISH
• Secondary Education

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

I WILL BE ABLE TO:

* explore more about the poet 'John Keats'.

* identify and relate to the idea and the theme of the poem 'The grasshopper and the cricket'.

* share my responses to the questions based on the same.

What is the title of the poem, and what does it suggest about the subject matter?

Please play the video of the poem on OUP.

What is the rhyming scheme
of the first four lines?

How does the poet describe the Grasshopper's role in the summer landscape?

What season is described as "when the birds are faint with the hot sun"?

What does Keats suggest about the nature in the line "The poetry of earth is never dead"?

The poetry of earth continues round the year through a cycle of two
seasons. Mention each with its representative voice.

What, in the opinion of the poet,
is the main source of strength
for a nation?

List the qualities that are needed in people to make their nation strong.

In not more than thirty words, share the idea highlighted by the poet in the poem
'A Nation's Strength'.

SUCCESS CRITERIA
Now, I CAN:
* identify and relate to the idea and the theme of the poem 'A Nation's Strength'.
* share my responses to the questions based on the same.

1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

I WILL BE ABLE TO:

* identify and relate to the idea and the theme of the poem 'A Nation's Strength' by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

* identify and share the poetic devices used in the poem.

* share my responses to the questions based on the same.

SUCCESS CRITERIA- Now, I CAN:
* identify and relate to the idea and the theme of the poem 'A Nation's Strength' by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
* identify and share the poetic devices used in the poem.
* share my responses to the questions based on the same.

1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help.

DAY

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

I WILL BE ABLE TO:

* identify and relate to the idea and the theme of the poem 'A Nation's Strength' by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

* identify and share the poetic devices used in the poem.

* share my responses to the questions based on the same.

SUCCESS CRITERIA- Now, I CAN:
* identify and relate to the idea and the theme of the poem 'A Nation's Strength' by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
* identify and share the poetic devices used in the poem.
* share my responses to the questions based on the same.

1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help.