Inspired English

Preface About the Author Opening Letter to Reader 1. The Plan The Hunter Model The Generalist Model The LaCroix Model Key Resource 1.1 The LaCroix Model 2. The Design The Purpose The Objective The Crucial Setup The Critical Materials Key Resource 2.1 Sample Syllabus Key Resource 2.2 Teaching Poems Key Resource 2.3 Chaser Poem Rubric (4 Point) Key Resource 2.4 Bio Poem Rubric (6 Point) 3. The Preparation Skills to Be Taught Procedural Lesson 1: The Poetry Notebook Procedural Lesson 2: The Dramatic Reading Key Resource 3.1: Poetry Book Requirement Key Resource 3.2: Dramatic Reading Rubric Key Resource 3.3: Poetry Circle Grade 4. The Lessons Lesson 1: Understanding Character Through Tragedy Key Resource 4.1: Ladder of Responsibility Key Resource 4.2: Summary of Characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet Key Resource 4.3: Essay Scoring Guide for Student Response to Literature Key Resource 4.4: Literary Report Card Lesson 2: Conflict and the Heroic Journey Key Resource 4.5: Miracle on the Bayou Key Resource 4.6: The Heroic Journey Lesson 3: Finding Themes in Literature Through Art Key Resource 4.7: Boarding Flight 64 Key Resource 4.8: Broad-Based Themes Key Resource 4.9: Paired Themes in Short Fiction Lesson 4: The Important Questions Key Resource 4.10: Blue Velvet Lesson 5: In Search of Poetry--Found Poems Key Resource 4.11: Young Chief Joseph's Speech to Congress (1879) Key Resource 4.12: Sample Found Poem: Chief Joseph Speaks to Congress Lesson 6: "Poetry Is..."--An Introduction Key Resource 4.13: Poetry Is... Lesson 7: The Power of Words--Interpreting Poetry Key Resource 4.14: Changing Impressions Key Resource 4.15: "The Day is Done" Key Resource 4.16: "The Psalm of Life" Lesson 8: "I'm Nobody! Who are you?"--The Poetry of Emily Dickinson Key Resource 4.17: The Poems of Emily Dickinson Key Resource 4.18: Summation of Emily Dickinson's Life Lesson 9: A Self-Portrait--The Bio Poem Key Resource 4.19: Bio Poem Formula & Example Key Resource 4.20: Matt's Bio Poem Key Resource 4.21: Bio Poem Worksheet Key Resource 4.22: Character Traits Key Resource 4.23: Bio Poem Rubric (Six Point) Lesson 10: "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare and Figurative Language Key Resource 4.24: Similes, Metaphors and Personification Key Resource 4.25: Shakespeare Poems Key Resource 4.26: "A Split Tree Still Grows" Lesson 11: "Once Upon a Midnight Dreary"--Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Works Key Resource 4.27: Lecture Notes on Edgar Allan Poe Key Resource 4.28: Edgar Allan Poe Key Resource 4.29: "Annabel Lee" Key Resource 4.30: "To Helen" Key Resource 4.31: "A Dream Within a Dream" Key Resource 4.32: Excerpt from "The Raven" Lesson 12: Life's Lessons in Verse Key Resource 4.33: Teaching Poems Key Resource 4.34: "The Village Blacksmith" Key Resource 4.35: "To thine own self be true" Key Resource 4.36: "If Tomorrow Never Comes" Key Resource 4.37: "O Great Spirit" Key Resource 4.38: "To be, or not to be" Lesson 13: A Poetry Potpourri 5. The Final Touches Suggestions for a Successful Poetry Recital Key Resource 5.1: Poetic License Closing Letter to Reader Index