The Penelopiad Lesson Plan

Penelope's Poem

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will analyze the structural elements of the poem and write their own poems using that structure to summarize Penelope's experience while Odysseus was away.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3

Structure:

To begin this activity, as a class, analyze the structure, rhythm, and rhyme scheme of the poem in Chapter 13:

- Four-line stanzas
- First three lines of each stanza include end rhyme
- Final word of the line of each stanza rhymes with other stanzas
- Semi-regular rhythm of each line (iambs)...