7th grade Common Core RL.2.9 research

Two Sunflowers Move in a Yellow Room Close Poetry Analysis for Younger Students

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Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "Two Sunflowers Move in a Yellow Room" by Nancy Willard. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem pairs well with poems such as "Ah! Sun-flower" by William Blake This lends to analyzing and researching the actual author of the poem. Another theme direction could also be examining the

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Research, GATE

CCSS:

RL.2.1

, RL.2.2

, RL.2.4

, RL.2.7

, RL.2.9