Wordsworth Green Lesson

I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud and The World Is Too

Much with Us
Objective
The goal of this lesson is to help students understand and interpret figurative

language in poetry.

Cognitive Levels/Content Areas

This lesson incorporates the cognitive level of analysis and the content area of

poetry.

Materials
Have ready one set of the following for each group of 35 students:
Print version of William Wordsworths I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (McGraw Hill,

2003)
Comic strip version of I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (McGraw Hill, 2003)
Question sheet for I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (McGraw Hill, 2003)
Elements of Literature, Sixth Course textbook (Holt, 2007)
Wordsworth PowerPoint Slides
Blank paper
Colored pencils, markers, etc.,

Directions/Procedures
1. Divide students into groups (35 students per group), and pass out copies of the

print and comic-strip

versions of Wordsworths poem, I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud. Have groups read

each version and

complete the question sheet. Discuss the answers to the question sheet with the

class as a whole.
2. Have students respond individually to the In Your Notes prompt (Slide 19).

Discuss responses with the class as a whole.

3. Have students break into original groups, and pass out blank paper and colored

pencils or markers. They should open their textbooks to page 746. Have groups

read the poem The World Is Too Much with Us and respond to the During

Reading questions in the PowerPoint (Slide 21). Review questions as a class.

4. After discussing the questions, groups should create their own comic strip

versions interpreting the literal meaning of the language in the poem.

5. Have each group write an analysis of what is happening in the poem in terms of

the figurative language. Discuss each groups comic strip and analysis with the

class as a whole.

Exit Ticket/Follow-up Prompt:

6. If time allows, have students respond individually to the prompt on slide 22

asking to connect the poem to Romanticism. This can be used to check for

understanding during the following class period, or as a review prior to an

assessment.