The Harp and Laurel Wreath: Poetry and Dictation for the Classical Curriculum
by Laura M. Berquist
wonderful!
A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children
by Caroline Kennedy
The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
by Caroline Kennedy
All 3 seem to be good (not that I've spent a lot of time reading them).
Laura Berquist's book is wonderful. Ed deliberately had Christopher choose The Charge of the Light Brigade in order to make a point about the importance of classical education.
He's really had it.
silver lining
The good news is: I now know that the name Alfred, Lord Tennyson includes a comma.
help desk
in case your child needs to select a poem from a book or anthology
The anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride is coming up (April 18-19). That would be a good time to read "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to a website with both the poem and also historical information about Paul Revere.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/
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ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
C. said in his analysis that one reason he liked the poem was that it concerned a historical event.
Thanks!
Here's another great historic-themed poem. We took my son, age 10, to visit the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") just outside of Boston. The Navy sailors who are stationed on the ship talk about the ship's history and deliver a stirring recitation of the poem at the end of the tour. What a way to develop a love of history and poetry at the same time. It was a great experience.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.legallanguage.com/poems/OldIronsides.htm
--DaleA
'Charge of the Light Brigade' is now linked firmly in my mind to 'The Blind Side' (which is probably a good thing, because it had previously been linked firmly in my mind with Alfalfa's recitation in 'The Little Rascals').
ReplyDeleteIt fits well with some of the main themes of this blog, too. Michael has a 'Eureka!' moment where he finally understands the words he'd spent hours staring at. Afterwards, he wonders why he never got to read things like that before, and Sean surmises that he in fact had been exposed to similar works, but never picked up on it because 'everyone had always assumed that he already knew what a saber was.' He didn't, so everything about the poem went right over his head until Sean finally broke it down line by line for him.