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HIGHWAYMAN Preview Short Story of the Month Table of Contents "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Terms of Use 2 Table of Contents 3 List of Activities, Common Core Standards Alignment, & Difficulty Levels 4 Digital Components/Google Classroom Guide 5 Teaching Guide, Rationale, Lesson Plans, and Procedures: EVERYTHING 6-12 Activity 1: Combination Review on Sound Devices & Rhymes 13-14 Activity 2: Rhyme Scheme Quick Notes 15-17 Activity 4: Poetry Structure IN Lesson 18-22 Activity 5: Lyric & Narrative Poetry Quick Notes 23-24 Activity 7: Highwayman Cold Read Preview Questions 25-26 Activity 8: Highwayman Part 1 Close Reading Script + Annotations 27-34 Activity 9: Highwayman Part 1 Close Reading Script + Annotations 35-38 Activity 10: Comprehension Quiz w/Key 39-40 Activity 11: Vocabulary Guide Similes & Metaphors w/Key 41-44 Activity 12: Plot Pyramid Diagram Analysis w/Key 45-46 Activity 13: Find Evidence That… Text Evidence Activity w/Key 47-48 Activity 14: Close Reading Deep Analysis Questions w/Key 49-52 Activity 15: Highwayman Five-Sentence Summary Writing Activity w/Sample 53-54 Activity 16: Comprehension Skills Test w/Key 55-60 Activity 17: Elements of Poetry Quiz w/Key 61-62 Activity 18: Analyze Similar Themes in Song Lyrics w/Key 63-64 Activity 19: Lyric Poem (Annabel Lee) Annotation Guide 65-67 Activity 20: Annabel Lee Close Reading Questions w/Key 68-69 TEKS Alignment 70 ©2018 erin cobb imlovinlit.com Short Story of the Month Teacher’s Guide "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Common Core Standards Alignment List of Activities & Standards Difficulty Level: *Easy **Moderate ***Challenge Activity 1: Combination Review on Sound/Rhymes* RL.7.4, RL.7.5 Activity 2: Rhyme Scheme Quick Notes* RL.7.4, RL.7.5 Activity 3: Sound Devices & Rhymes Practice** RL.7.4, RL.7.5 Activity 4: Poetry Structure IN Lesson* RL.7.4, RL.7.5 Activity 5: Lyric & Narrative Poetry Quick Notes* RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.5 Activity 6: Narrative Poem Practice** RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.1 Activity 7: Cold Read Preview Questions*** RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.1 Activity 8: Highwayman Part 1 Close Reading Script*** RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.1 Activity 9: Highwayman Part 2 Close Reading Script*** RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.1 Activity 10: Comprehension Quiz** RL.7.1 Activity 11: Vocabulary Guide: Metaphors & Similes** RL.7.4 Activity 12: Plot Pyramid Analysis** RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3 Activity 13: Find Evidence That... Text Evidence* RL.7.1 Activity 14: Close Reading Deep Analysis Questions*** RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.1 Activity 15: Highwayman 5-Sent. Summary Writing*** RL.7.2, W.7.3 Activity 16: Comprehension Skills Test** RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.1 Activity 17: Elements of Poetry Quiz** RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.1 Activity 18: Analyze Similar Themes in Song Lyrics*** RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.1 Activity 19: Lyric Poem (Annabel Lee) Annotation Guide** RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.1 Activity 20: Annabel Lee Close Reading Questions*** RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.1, 7.3 ©2018 erin cobb imlovinlit.com Short Story of the Month Teacher’s Guide "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Instructions for Google Classroom Digital Components All student activities are available in digital format compatible with Google Classroom. They are available in two formats: Google Slides and Google Forms. Google Slides First, I have made all student pages (excluding assessments) in Google Slides format. Students can simply add text boxes to any area they wish to type on. To access the Google Slides for “The Highwayman,” copy and paste the link below into your browser: included in full version only Google Forms I have made the assessments available in Google Forms. Here, they are self-grading, and I have set them all up with answer keys so they are ready to go for you. You’ll need to find these two files in your download folder to use Google Forms. The first file contains the links to the Forms, and the second file is explicit instructions for use. ©2018 erin cobb imlovinlit.com Short Story of the Month Teacher’s Guide "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Teaching Guide, Rationale, Lesson Plans, and Procedures I have also discussed here how I use each activity and included hints and links to help you, too. I went ahead and mapped out the days for you. Feel free to take or leave what you like. Even if you don’t plan to follow this schedule, I still recommend reading through this section to get the most out of these activities. These lessons and activities were designed to meet the needs of seventh graders during the second half of the school year when students have already been introduced to most major concepts like plot, conflict, character traits and characterization, theme, mood, tone, etc. Day 1 1. Activity 1: 20 minutes Sound Devices + Rhymes Quick Notes Lesson Review these important poetry concepts with this combination Quick Notes lesson. If you did the Rikki-tikki-tavi story unit, you may have already done these as two separate lessons. Either way, it’s Activity 1 a good review. 2. Activity 2: 15 minutes Rhyme Scheme Quick Notes – simple but important – discuss or review how rhyme schemes are identified and annotated in this unit. 3. Activity 3: 25 minutes Excellent Poetry Sound & Rhymes Practice, specifically preparing them for the annotating we’ll be doing and the types of questions they’ll be seeing. Don’t skip this one, especially if you’re Activity 2 going to give the Elements of Poetry Quiz for The Highwayman at the end of this unit. Activity 2 Activity 3 ©2018 erin cobb imlovinlit.com Short Story of the Month Teacher’s Guide "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Day 2 1. Activity 4: 20 minutes Poetry Structure Interactive Notebook Lesson – This is an abbreviated version of Activity 4 this lesson from the Poetry Interactive Notebook to include only the three relevant terms for this unit: stanza, verse (line), and refrain. 2. Activity 5: 15 minutes Lyric & Narrative Poetry Quick Notes Again, here’s an abbreviated version with Activity 5 only two types of poetry that we’ll be working with in this unit. The full activity in the Interactive Poetry Notebook includes these others: limerick, ode, Activity 4 sonnet, ballad, elegy, and free verse in addition to narrative and lyric. 3. Activity 6: 20 minutes Activity 6 Narrative Poetry Practice More practice that you don’t want to skip for the reasons mentioned previously! Find this one in the download folder. You can find TONS more practices like these in my POETRY Practice & Assess resources in my TpT store. The Highwayman Text Versions – Options Included The next activity involves using ”The Highwayman” text, so here are the version options included in the download folder. I recommend V1, and it includes a prefilled version for accommodations. Choose V2 to save paper. Version 1 Version 2 ©2018 erin cobb imlovinlit.com Short Story of the Month Teacher’s Guide "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Day 3 1. Activity 7: 20 minutes COLD READ– Highwayman Preview Group Questions I like to start with a cold read, but having my students sit at their desks (or worse, go home) and read this entire poem would be pointless. They'd be so lost and bored less than halfway through it, Activity 7 the only thing I'd accomplish is LOSING their interest before I even started the lesson! So, for this cold read, I'm going to ask them to read ONLY the first page, which includes the first 3 stanzas. That's just enough to get them talking and thinking before they get too confused and lost. I'm going to put them into groups for this because I don't want my lower (or unmotivated) students just *sitting* there if they are stumped or confused. Now, I'll be around the room letting students know if they need to reconsider one. We'll do this for 15 minutes and then regroup. We will NOT go over this sheet line-by-line. Instead, I'll infuse these questions into the lesson when we get to that section of the poem and call on lower students who I know have the right answer on their paper and might not otherwise participate. These will all come up during the question and answer flow during the next 2 activities. 2. Activity 8: 45 minutes Close Read and Annotation of “The Highwayman” Part 1.This Activity 8 assumes that you’ve already gone through and glued the pages into the notebook as shown on the previous page near the bottom. Basically, students will be annotating the poem on the left side and summarizing it on the right. I’ve included a complete SCRIPT for you to follow. Questions, answers, my thinking, everything. You’ll hopefully make it through the first six stanzas of the poem, or Part 1. Narrative Summary – You’ll notice that the right part of the notebook page or template depending on the version you’re using includes a top area and bottom area. As you go through each stanza, use bullet points to write a brief, succinct summary of what’s going on in the poem.
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