Ch 12: Romantic Poets Lesson Plans

1. Romantic Poetry Lesson Plan

This lesson plan utilizes an introduction video lesson as well as discussion questions and group activities to teach students about Romantic poetry. The lesson concludes with a quiz and extension activities.

2. Introduction to Romantic Poetry: Overview of Authors and Works

Like the French Revolution that helped inspire it, the Romantic poetry movement signaled massive, controversial changes with ramifications that are still being felt today. Watch this video lesson for an introduction to Romantic poetry, including descriptions of the major authors and significant works.

3. Dark Romanticism Lesson Plan

In this lesson plan, students will learn about the characteristics of Dark Romanticism through a close reading of a poem. They will also analyze mood and diction before practicing some public speaking and creative writing.

4. Dark Romanticism: Definition, Poems & Books

Chances are you are familiar with Romanticism, but what is Dark Romanticism? As this lesson shows, it explores much of the darkest sides of human existence.

5. Dark Romanticism Characteristics

Deep grief, insanity, criminality, the grotesque and the bizarre are some of the subjects explored by writers categorized by the label Dark Romanticism. These writers focus on the darker aspects of emotion and nature.

6. Ozymandias Lesson Plan

Percy Shelley's poem 'Ozymandias' is representative of the ideas of British Romanticism. In this lesson plan, students will learn how to interpret 'Ozymandias' by watching an informative video lesson while practicing a close reading strategy before writing their own version of Shelley's poem.

7. Percy Shelley's Ozymandias: Analysis and Themes

Throughout history, great leaders have come and gone, but great poems outlast them all. In this lesson, you'll learn about one of Percy Shelley's greatest poems, 'Ozymandias.'

8. She Walks in Beauty Lesson Plan

What is the meaning behind Lord Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty?' This lesson plan uses an informative video lesson to summarize critical elements of the poem before an activity connects students with the language and imagery of the poem.

9. Lord Byron Lesson Plan

In this lesson plan students engage with one another in an active discussion and analysis on the content, tone, language, and overall message of Lord Byron's poetry.

10. Lord Byron: Poems and Biography

Lord Byron was once called 'mad, bad and dangerous to know.' In this lesson, you'll learn about this poet who is one of English Romanticism's most celebrated and prolific figures.

11. Ode on a Grecian Urn Lesson Plan

What is the overall message of John Keats' poem 'Ode on a Grecian Urn?' This lesson plan uses a video lesson to analyze this poem stanza by stanza. An activity connects students with the imagery used in the poem after students take a quiz to check what they've learned.

12. John Keats Lesson Plan

If you want to teach your students about one of the British Romantics, John Keats, use this lesson plan to help them understand his life and his poetry. Students will watch a video and engage in a short project involving research and art.

13. John Keats: Poems, Biography and Quotes

Lots of poets only write for a few years, get discouraged by terrible reviews and never amount to much. And then there's John Keats. Despite a short life with an abbreviated literary career and ridicule from prominent critics, Keats' work would come to symbolize the Romantic poetry movement. Watch this lesson to learn more.

14. The Tyger by William Blake Lesson Plan

This lesson plan uses William Blake's poem 'The Tyger' to study imagery and teach students to write using imagery. The lesson plan includes a video lesson, discussion questions, group and individual activities and a writing project.

15. Lamia by Keats Lesson Plan

John Keats' narrative poem 'Lamia' presents a twisted love story between two mythical creatures. This lesson plan summarizes the poem using a video lesson. An activity highlights the imagery of the poem.

16. Ozymandias Discussion Questions

Are you interested in teaching your 6th-12th grade students about the two 'Ozymandias' poems? The following discussion questions will help them delve into the details of the legendary literary contest.