Dylan Thomas Teacher Resources

Students analyze poems about death. For this poetry analysis lesson, students read poems from both Dylan Thomas and A.E. Housman and analyze them in groups for common poetic devices. Students present their analysis and complete a Venn...

Examine Dylan Thomas' poem "A Child's Christmas in Wales" with this quiz. This quiz refers to the narrator as the poet, which is largely agreed upon.

Young scholars learn how to distinguish between the mood of a piece of writing (how the work makes the reader feel) and the tone (the writer's attitude toward the material) in the sixth instructional activity in a poetry unit. After...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night."

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of old age in "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on themes in Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Students may also complete their choice of two reading activities suggested.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Students may also complete their choice of 2 reading activities suggested.

Students recite poetry and analyze its meaning.  In this poetry interpretation lesson, students listen to a poem and work in groups to write what the poem is about.  Students share and discuss the poem.  Groups report back to the class....

Students examine an elegy for form, tone and subject matter.  In this elegy lesson, students share impressions from Dylan Thomas's poem and a critic's response to the poem. Students discuss emotions and the refusal to mourn death. 

Your pupils are poets, and now they'll be able to show it with the exercises in this packet. The lessons, designed for beginner, intermediate, and experienced poets, not only feature a variety of poetic forms, but take learners through...

Even supposed Utopian societies have their flaws. Using an educator's guide, individuals explore the society Ally Condie creates in Matched. Reflective writing prompts double as discussion questions and cover key themes in the novel, as...

High schoolers identify the distinction between literal and figurative language with a focus on metaphors. They complete a metaphor analysis chart, then practice expanding metaphors by composing their own comparisons of elements of the...

As part of a study of poetic devices, kids are asked to identify the assonance, consonance, and alliteration found in a series of lines of poetry, and then identify the rhyme scheme and the types of rhyme found in Poe's "Annabel Lee,"...

Learners listen as the teacher explains what poetry is as well as describes several types of poetry such as haiku, free verse, limerick, cinquain, and an acrostic. Students read examples of each type of poetry. They compose a poem...