Bring the beauty of "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost to middle school language arts. After learners read a copy of the poem, they follow an instructional sequence that focuses on sound, figurative language, and theme.

Concepts

robert frost, poets, the outsiders, s.e. hinton

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Additional Tags

nothing gold can stay, robert frost, figurative language, the outsiders, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Pair this lesson with your study of The Outsiders
• Provides related poems and a graphic organizer to use in small groups 

Classroom Considerations

• While this first appears to be a description of 20 poetry activities, it is actually the introduction, rationale, and explanation of the activities and one sample lesson
• Some ideas and topics are not fully fleshed out, just mentioned for the teacher to consider or cover on her/his own

Pros

• The included copy of the poem is nicely formatted and comes with space for students to take notes
• Lesson covers the poem effectively; pupils should come out of it with a deeper understanding of the text
• Poetry study format described in the introduction could be useful with any number of poems

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1 L.6.5.a L.7.5.a L.8.5.a