Charlotte Mason Together Longfellow Poetry Course, Part 1

Product Description

Enjoy the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in a co-op setting!

With these twelve 5-minute group lessons designed for grades 1–12, your students will hear ten poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a short biographical sketch of the poet.

Lesson plans include ideas for introducing new concepts, presenting great ideas, inviting student narration and participation, and reviewing previous lessons in a group setting.

Home Extension ideas are included to help parents grow comfortable and confident with Charlotte Mason methods in their homes, as well as encourage the children to continue learning and growing outside of class time. The Home Extensions for this course include reading two more poems, illustrating poems, entering the poet into the Book of Centuries, and memorizing one or more of the poems covered in this course.

Corresponding Resources

The teacher will need one Enjoy the Poems: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to use in class along with these plans.

Each family will need one Enjoy the Poems: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for Home Extensions.

Note: The Enjoy the Poems books contain enough poems for two terms of lessons. Use Longfellow Poetry Course, Part 2, to cover the rest of the poems in the book.

Lessons Overview

Lesson 1: “The Arrow and the Song”
Lesson 2: “Snow-Flakes”
Lesson 3: Biography
Lesson 4: “The Village Blacksmith”
Lesson 5: “Sunrise on the Hills”
Lesson 6: “The Rainy Day” and Review
Lesson 7: “The Children’s Hour”
Lesson 8: “Sand of the Desert in an Hour-Glass”
Lesson 9: “The Light of Stars”
Lesson 10: “Something Left Undone”
Lesson 11: “The Old Clock on the Stairs”
Lesson 12: End-of-Term Activities