This is a great poem for poetry month or any time of the year! The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus about the Statue of Liberty is actually engraved on the statue. This is a great way to integrate ELA and social studies. This fits perfectly with your immigration unit!
This poem is one of the Common Core poetry exemplars for grades 4-5, but even older students can benefit from these resources.
This guide helps you dissect the poem with your students and examine figurative language examples including allusion, personification, and metaphor. The questions help you guide students through poetry analysis.
Included in this pack:
*poem text in 2 sizes
*detailed line by line teacher guide to analyze the poem critically
*background building pictures of the Statue of Liberty, Colossus of Rhodes, and the Brooklyn Bridge
*12 creative response task cards
*Poem Tac Toe fluency game
*theme graphic organizer
*Statue of Liberty organizer
*short nonfiction passage comparing the Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Liberty with Venn diagram included
*write your own poem template
*answer key/suggested responses
*teacher notes with suggested schedule