Emily Dickinson Bundle: Poetry Stations, Pennants, Analysis, Style

Looking for unique, engaging resources to teach Emily Dickinson's poetry? This bundle has you totally covered with a fun biography mini escape about her life, poem stations, pennant creation, and poetry/style analysis.

WHAT'S INCLUDED . . .

All resources in this bundle contain:

⭐Step-by-Step Instructions

⭐Bell Ringer(s)

⭐Answer Keys

⭐Common Core ELA Aligned

✅ Resource 1: EMILY DICKINSON BIO MINI ESCAPE

► 3 Puzzles about Emily Dickinson

► Optional biographical poem task (example given)

► Printable clue labels

⭐Students need access to the Internet.

⭐ No locks needed!

❤️Your students will have so much fun solving puzzles to get to know Emily Dickinson they won't even realize they are working!

✅Resource 2: STATIONS & STYLE

► 8 stations - Each stations contains a short poem followed by 3 or 4 questions relating to that poem. Poems for this:

"I Had No Time to Hate, Because"

"Success"

"If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking"

"I’m Nobody"

"Much Madness is Divinest Sense"

"The Bee Is Not Afraid of Me"

"The Battle-Field"

"Nature Rarer Uses Yellow"

► Exit ticket for students to draw conclusions about theme and style.

►Author's Style Analysis task - Students read 4 poems by authors and decide which two are Dickinson's. Students decide on the stylistic elements that characterize Dickinson's poetry and explain their reasoning.

► Poem Analysis task - Students read one last poem by Dickinson, decide on poetic elements and theme, and discuss. A video explanation of the poem is also suggested.

✅3rd Resource: POETRY PENNANTS

► Scaffolding Task - Students analyze a short poem by Dickinson and look for poetic elements, decide on a theme, and circle notable images.

► Example of pennant and explanation for the poem used in the scaffolding task, so students are clear on the expectations for the pennant assignment.

► 10 different Emily Dickinson poems. Each student chooses only one, but they will be exposed to all of them in the next day's lesson. Poems for this:

"Mother Nature"

"Problems"

"Could I But Ride Indefinite"

"Have You Got a Brook in Your Little Heart"

"The Chariot" - (aka "Because I Could Not Stop for Death")

"Hope" - (aka "Hope is a Thing With Feathers")

"Dying'

"I Felt a Funeral in My Brain"

"The Wind"

"Nobody Knows This Little Rose"

► Student Instructions Handout - includes assigned/selected poem along with directions to complete the task, example, and rubric.

► PNG image of the blank pennant if you want students to put it in PowerPoint or Google Slides type their explanation rather than write it on lined pennant.

► Rubric for grading - 2 options - Editable

❤️Print and Go!

❤️Great as a sub plan!

These lessons require students to think critically and creatively, analyze poetry, collaborate with others, observe stylistic elements, and enjoy their learning. They will walk away with a lot of knowledge about Emily Dickinson and her poetry because they will be exposed to many of her poems.

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