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Lost Poets of the Great War

Lost Poets of the Great War. Lori Swan Palos South Middle School. Essential Questions. How did the war experiences of poets during World War I shape their poems and affect their legacies? Would the poetry of the war poets be remembered today if they had survived the war?

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Lost Poets of the Great War

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  1. Lost Poets of the Great War Lori Swan Palos South Middle School

  2. Essential Questions How did the war experiences of poets during World War I shape their poems and affect their legacies? Would the poetry of the war poets be remembered today if they had survived the war? How was the experience of soldiers during World War I like or unlike that of soldiers in other wars?

  3. War Poets • Rupert Brooke • John McCrae • Wilfred Owen • Isaac Rosenberg • Alan Seeger • Edward Thomas

  4. Project Overview • Following preliminary discussions about WWI, students are assigned to specific roles in cooperative groups. • Teams research the lives, deaths, and poetry of a specific war poet. • Each student produces individual written products related to his or her role. • Each team produces a multi-media oral presentation about its war poet.

  5. Individual Written Products

  6. Assessment & Evaluation • Class & group discussions • Observation of teams • Individual written products • Group oral presentation • Group power point • Reflection • Desire to complete extension activities

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