Before Reading "The Lady of Shalott"
Gather Information
Read the Prereading page carefully. Preview the selection by examining the title and the art on page 781. Using the information you have gathered, make one or more preliminary predictions about the selection.
During Reading
Make Predictions
1. Listen as your teacher reads Part 1 aloud. Did anything in the opening stanzas fit your previous prediction? Did anything make you change your ideas? What do you think will happen next? Write down your new predictions in your notebook.
2. Read the rest of the poem on your own. Stop occasionally to assess your predictions, make new predictions, and write them in your notebook.
Fix-Up Idea: Read Shorter Sections at a Time
Pause after each stanza. Answer any Guided Reading Questions related to the stanza. Work with a partner to answer any questions or clarify any points that are unclear. Then summarize the main idea of the stanza before you move on.
After Reading
Analyze and Verify Predictions
Go through your list of predictions. Put a star next to every prediction that you were right about. Put a check next to every prediction where you changed your ideas from a previous prediction. Share your predictions with a partner. Talk about what clues in the story led you to make the predictions.
Before Reading "Ulysses"
Think About What You Know
Do a quickwrite about what you know about Ulysses or Odysseus and how you feel about him. Keep these ideas in mind and compare them to the portrayal of Ulysses in the poem.
During Reading
Use What You Know
1. Listen as your teacher reads the beginning of the poem. Take notes about what you learn about Ulysses.
2. Continue reading the selection on your own. Keep taking notes about Ulysses.
Fix-Up Idea: Refocus
Instead of focusing on what you know about Ulysses, try focusing on what motivates him in this poem. Recognize that he is getting old. Think about his struggle between acceptance and defeat as he ages. What do you think motivates him?
After Reading
Summarize What You Learned
Look over the notes you took about Ulysses. Put a check next to any that fit your previous image or ideas about Ulysses. Do you still think Ulysses is a hero? Why, or why not?
Before Reading "from In Memoriam"
Think About What You Know
Respond to the Reader's Journal activity. Talk with a partner about your ideas. Recognize that grieving is a process of several stages. The selection was written over a period of seventeen years. Watch how the speaker's feelings and reactions to his friend's death change over time.
During Reading
Use What You Know as You Read
1. Listen as your teacher reads canto 4. How does the speaker deal with his grief? What emotions does he feel? Write a sentence to summarize the canto.
2. Continue reading the poem on your own. For each canto, answer the questions you answered in the first step of this activity and write a summary.
Fix-Up Idea: Read Shorter Sections at a Time
Pause after each stanza. Work with a partner to answer the Guided Reading Questions in each stanza and clarify points that are unclear.
After Reading
Summarize What You Learned
Review your summaries with a partner. Show how the speaker's emotions change throughout the cantos. Then discuss the Respond to the Selection question.