How does one's experience reading a poem's text differ from listening to its audio version? Delve into the insightful question with the poem, If by Rudyard Kipling, as pupils compare and contrast their experience using a note-taking guide and Venn diagram.

Concepts

christopher paul curtis, poetry, poetry analysis, responding to literature, responding to reading, compare and contrast

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Read and listen to other poems to discover whether the same experience occurs 
• Create a class blog where pupils can write about the story's happenings and predictions
• Post the poem's audio link to your class website so learners can listen at home

Classroom Considerations

• The sixth in a series of 17 lesson plans designed to accompany the novel Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Some required materials come from past lessons; browse Included Materials to locate them

Pros

• Cooperative learning strategies are incorporated throughout the lesson 
• The lesson plan is written clearly and in detail
• Notes explain how activities meet the needs of learners 

Cons

• Although it starts with a chapter review and ends with a reading assignment, the lesson has little to do with Bud, Not Buddy

Common Core

RL.6.4 RL.6.5 RL.6.7