Thematic Approaches to British Poetry

Thematic Approaches to British Poetry concentrates on British poems that reflect the universal themes of nature, love, and death/dying. The four lessons that focus on nature consider it from a variety of perspectives, particularly emphasizing images, figures of speech, and symbols. The four lessons on love explore many moods, including determination, humor, playfulness, devotion, irony, and awe. The four lessons on dying examine death as an inevitable part of life, possibilities of an afterlife, and attitudes toward one's own death and the deaths of others.

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English & Language Arts curriculum units contain complete lesson plans with preliminary and follow-up work, teacher notes with background and rationale, ready-to-use worksheets, and suggested answers for student questions. These materials encourage the development of thinking , reading, speaking, research, and writing skills as well as critical thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.