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In Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields. Poetry Lesson. Before You Read the Poem. Background

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In Flanders Fields

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  1. In Flanders Fields Poetry Lesson

  2. Before You Read the Poem • Background • This poem is about war, it was very popular during World War I. A Canadian doctor named John McCrae wrote it after a friend and former student was killed in battle in western Belgium. At that time the Canadians were fighting the Germans, who wanted to capture Paris.

  3. Vocabulary • Amid • Break Faith With • Flanders • Poppies • Quarrel • Scarce

  4. The Definitions • Amid: among; in the midst of • Break Faith With: Betray the trust of • Flanders: Part of Northern Belgium • Poppies: Red flowers that grow quickly in loose soil ( in this case, the churned up dirt of a graveyard) • Quarrel: argument • Scarce: Barely or hardly; rare

  5. While You Read the Poem • Let’s have a volunteer read each stanza aloud to the class

  6. After You Read the Poem • Independently complete the activities on pages 77 and 78. • In your own words summarize the poem. • Use your device to find out why Germany wanted to capture Paris. • Find Germany, Great Britain, and France on a map of the world. Next find Belgium and attempt to find Ypres, where the soldiers in the poem were buried. It is near the French border.

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