Poetry for Young People: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(From Amazon): Children instinctively love poetry, with its appealing mixture of rhythm and rhyme. And Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with his suspenseful narrative verse, deceptively simple structure, and powerful images of 19th-century United States, makes an especially suitable subject for the critically acclaimed Poetry for Young People series. Brilliant, specially commissioned artwork brings to life all the atmosphere, drama, and emotion of his writing: the vital energy of "The Village Blacksmith," the urgency of "Paul Revere's Ride," and the sorrow of "The Wreck of the Hesperus." An opening essay tells of Longfellow's life: his childhood in Maine, his family history (the Longfellows played a major role in New England politics), his success as a professor of foreign languages, and his often-tragic personal life. More than just a biography, it reveals the inspiration for many of Longfellow's most popular works. Nearly 30 poems appear, most in their entirety, including "The Arrow and the Song," "The Rainy Day," "Woods in Winter," "The Forest Primeval" (from "Evangeline"), "Hiawatha's Childhood" (from "Song of Hiawatha"), "A Psalm of Life," and the abolitionist "The Witnesses." As always in this series, supplementary word definitions give children the knowledge they need to fully understand the poems. 48 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0806994177
- Print Status
- In Print
- Lessons
- 31
- Pages
- 48
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 6th
- Publisher
- Sterling
- Edition
- Later prt.
- Copyright
- 1998
Lessons
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Arrow and the Song
- 3 Daybreak
- 4 The Rainy Day
- 5 The Village Blacksmith
- 6 Pick favorite poem to start memorizing
- 7 Turn, Turn, My Wheel! (from "Keramos")
- 8 Aftermath
- 9 Haunted House
- 10 Woods in Winter
- 11 The Wreck of the Hesperus
- 12 The Sound of the Sea
- 13 Recite favorite poem
- 14 Becalmed
- 15 The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
- 16 The Witnesses
- 17 The Slave's Dream
- 18 Fragments: December 18, 1847
- 19 Snow-Flakes
- 20 Christmas Bells
- 21 Afternoon in February
- 22 Haroun Al Raschid
- 23 The Forest Primeval (from "Evangeline")
- 24 A Psalm of Life
- 25 Illustrate a Poem
- 26 Hiawath's Childhood (from "The Song of Hiawatha")
- 27 The Children's Hour
- 28 Paul Revere's Ride
- 29 Put Longfellow in your Book of Centuries
- 30 Hymn to the NIght
- 31 Curfew
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