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 * Grade Level: 9 **
 *  Unit: Poetry **
 * Lesson 4 **


 * Title of lesson: Nature and Season-inspired Poetry **


 * We will be doing some in depth poetry analysis practices in class and for homework of poetry with natural themes. *As a class, we will complete and add to the mind map at the bottom of this page of "The Grass" by Emily Dickinson. (If you would like to hear the poem, a podcast recording of it is available in the "Podcasts" section of this wiki in the left-hand navigation bar). *Students will work in groups to mind map a handful of other poems and will create these maps to share with the class. **


 * *Assignment type: Completing the already started mind map of Emily Dickinson's poem "The Grass" and creating mind maps for other poems after working in groups in class to analyze them. **


 * Lesson objectives (include 2 or 3): **
 * **Students will understand how form and content elements relate to each other in poetic context. **
 * **Students will be able to visually represent poetic analysis. **


 *  Time required to complete this lesson: 2-3 class periods depending on student comprehension **


 * Assignment (homework or in-class: this is how the learner will practice the learning that has just occurred): **
 * *see lesson description and assignment type **


 * Technology used: Mind42.com **


 *  The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way: **
 * Students will be able to visually see the balance between form and content elements in poetry through visual representation using Mind42.com. They will learn and have at their disposal an internet tool for understanding and analyzing poetry as well as any other subject in which they can categorize elements. **

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 * Resources/materials needed: **
 * <span style="color: #2b732b; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Click here] to view the following mind map in Mind42.com. **