GROUP 1 - WORD BANK
A Word Bank is a collection of words you use to convey meaning clearly and effectively. It
is one way of enriching your vocabulary.
Instructions:
Read the poem silently and look out for words in the poem that fit each description below.
1. a lyric poem that tells a story
2. a fat chicken
3. crying
4. promises or pledges to accomplish
5. display unconsciousness or nothingness
6. throwing or vomiting due to sickness
7. a school bag
8. without
9. produces a high shard sound
10. unhappy or sorrowful sound
• Fill out the chart below with your difficult words and their meanings. Use the words in your own
sentences.
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New/Heavy/Loaded Word Meaning Sentence
GROUP 2 - INTERNAL RHYME AND END RHYME
Instructions:
• Read the poem and spot the words that rhyme.
• Make a list of these rhyming words and determine which are examples of internal rhyme and end
rhyme.
Fill out the table below with the appropriate entries.
Rhyming Words in The Seven Ages of Man
End Rhyme Internal Rhyme
1. 1.
2. 2.
3.
GROUP 3 - LITERARY SOUND EFFECTS: Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Assonance, and
Consonance
Instructions:
• Read the poem and look for words or lines that contain onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, and
consonance.
List them and chart on the space provided.
GROUP 3 - LITERARY SOUND EFFECTS: Onomatopoeia,
Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance
Instructions:
• Read the poem and look for words or lines that contain onomatopoeia,
alliteration, assonance, and consonance.
• List them and chart on the space provided.
ONOMATOPOEIA ALLITERATION
1. 1.
ASSONANCE CONSONANCE
1. 1.
GROUP 4 - IMAGERY
Instructions:
• Read the poem and think of the images the words created in your mind.
• Picture them in your mind and try to bring them in clear focus.
• List these words/lines that create clear pictures in your mind.
• Share a relevant experience that you‘ve had.
Complete the chart shown below and fill it out with the entries called for.
Imagery in The Seven Ages of Man
Words/Lines Type of Imagery Meaningful
Experience
GROUP 5: GETTING TO KNOW WILLIAM
Instructions:
• Do some readings on the life of William Shakespeare.
• Write and present to the class five important facts about him.
• Report in a creative way.
TEN INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
1.
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3
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5