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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

Grade 9

 

Standard Addressed:

9.LT-P.7. Identify, respond to, and analyze the effects of sound, figurative language (personification, simile, hyperbole, symbolism), and dramatic structure.

 

Objective: Students will create a deeper meaning of poem by analyzing elements of figurative language, in particular word choice.

Essential Question: How can analyzing word choice help me understand a text?

 

Supplemental Documents:

Poem

Exit Ticket

 

Procedure:

 

  • Greet students at door and hand “Do Now” slips

    Students complete “Do Now” slip while teacher takes attendance (3 minutes)

    Review with students (3 minutes)

  • Review Objective, Essential Question with students (2 minutes)

  • Hand out copies of poem and cornell notes

    Review directions with students (1 minute)

  • Read poem aloud with class in its entirety (2 minutes)Students should refer to

  • Cornell Notes and reference poem to create deeper meanings.  Review with class and complete notes (18 minutes)

  1. In what state would you characterize the speaker by just looking at the first line?

  2. What do you do when you spy?  What does the word “saw” infer about nature’s beauty?

  3. What effect does the word “golden” have?  What is the author trying to say about the daffodils by using “golden” as opposed to “yellow?”

  4. Why would the author use the simile in the first line of the second stanza?  (Continuous as the stars that shine)

  5. Why does the author use a hyperbole in the second stanza?

  6. How does the word “gazed” impact the poem more than if the author were to say “looked?”

  7. What words does the author use to denote how happy he is? (glee, gay, jocund, bliss and pleasure)

  8. How does the author end the poem, uniting man and nature? (And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils)

  9. Summary: What was the speaker’s reaction to the daffodils?  Knowing this, what did the author want readers to realize after reading the poem?

  • Exit Slip

    Share a response or two with class (2 minutes)

 

Assessment:

Formative assessment- class discussion and participation, collect exit slips for teacher review.

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