“The Highwayman”

1. “The Highwayman” And “The Gentleman of the Road”

2. before you read • Open up your Poetry Daily Work file and at the top of the document label it “The Highwayman”

3. The Gentlemen of the road • Turn to page 357 and read "The Gentlemen of the Road” • On a half sheet of paper, answer the Test Practice questions on page 259. • We will be correcting and discussing these, so don’t turn it in.

4. “The highwayman” • Think about what you learned in “Gentlemen of the Road”. • Preview the text: look at the pictures and the footnotes on 
the bottom of the pages (there are a lot of old English words, 
so this will be necessary for your understanding! • Skim and scan the whole narrative poem and make a 
prediction about this is about. • Make the prediction in your Poetry Daily Work file. • I think this poem will be about_________because_________.

5. What would you do for love? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkWrA-KEP30 • Turn to page 247 and listen to the poem. • While you listen, look for the following: • Theme • Figurative Language Devices (Poetry Terms)

6. Figurative language • List the following terms and find at least TWO examples of each in “The Highwayman” • Repetition • Metaphor • Simile • Onomatopoeia • End Rhyme • Imagery • Alliteration

7. topic • Below your Figurative Language Devices write “Topic” • List some “Topics” that fit “The Highwayman” • Topics can usually be expressed in just a word or two: love, childhood, injustice • Share

8. Theme • Write “Theme” below the “Topics” you have listed • Looking at the topics we have listed, come up with a theme for “The Highwayman” • Share