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"How Do I Love Thee?" Supporting Ideas Worksheet"How Do I Love Thee?" Supporting Ideas Worksheet
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K12 Reader
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7th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
15 mins
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2012
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"How Do I Love Thee?" Supporting Ideas

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Show your class what poem the famous line "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways" comes from. Class members read Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem and respond to one question with a short paragraph. The question asks learners to use textual evidence and explain their analysis. Great for an in-class writing assessment or a homework assignment. The poem is included on the worksheet.

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Concepts

textual evidence, evidence

Additional Tags

elizabeth barrett browning, supporting ideas, textual evidence, cite, analysis, english language arts

Pros

  • Possible answers are included on the second page of the document
  • Requires class members to pick out specific passages to support their ideas and provide commentary

Cons

  • This would work best with advanced students and needs additional scaffolding for pupils who need more support

Common Core

RL.7.1 RL.8.1 RL.9-10.1

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