Day 4: 'The Railway Train' by Emily Dickinson

Day 4: "The Railway Train" by Emily Dickinson

This lesson asks students to look specifically at the fourth stanza. After the previous days' analysis of figurative and connotative meanings, students will be more adept at analyzing the language used in the fourth stanza, as well as the rhythm used in order to understand the author's intended meaning. Understandings from this lesson will prepare students to write on the final day, by encouraging them to think more deeply about the author's message and the ways in which she conveys it.

Special Materials:
A copy of "The Railway Train" by Emily Dickinson
Student Notes Sheet

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

STANDARDS

CCSS.RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

TEKS.7.Figure 19.F make connections between and across texts, including other media (e.g., film, play), and provide textual evidence.

TEKS.7.Figure 19.E summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts; and

TEKS.7.3.A describe multiple themes in a work of fiction;

IN.7.RL.2.2 Analyze the development of a theme or central idea over the course of a work of literature; provide a detailed summary that supports the analysis.

FL.LAFS.7.RL.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.