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Jabberwocky-Identifying Adjectives
Elementary learners identify adjectives in sentences. They read the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll and highlight the adjectives. A good supplemental lesson if you are studying Lewis Carroll and/or "Jabberwocky."
Bright Hub Education
Jabberwocky - A Creative Writing Lesson Plan
Make some sense out of Lewis Carroll's famous nonsense poem "Jabberwocky." After reading through the poem, introduce the word portmanteau and send small groups off to alter the original poem.
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"Jabberwocky": Inferring
Pupils, over an extended time, read and explain the nonsense words of Lewis Carroll's poem, "Jabberwocky". They infer the meaning of the poem using visualizing as well as decoding skills. While written for first graders, this is easily...
K12 Reader
Jabberwocky
Readers demonstrate their ability to use word endings and word relationships to identify the parts of speech of the nonsense words in Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky."
Curated OER
"Jabberwocky" Jive
Pupils review the fantasy of Alice in Wonderland and discuss the author. After reading the poem, "Jabberwocky," they look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary. Working as partners, they create a list of "protmanteau" or invented words...
Curated OER
Jabberwocky Questions
In this poetry analysis activity, learners answer 5 short answer and essay questions based on the content and literary elements of Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky." Questions require students to compare good and evil forces in the...
Curated OER
Jabberwocky: A Lake and Island Board Project
A mathematical role play using Lake and Island Boards where learners plan to move from Jabberwocky to their new planet
Curated OER
Jabberwocky Lesson Plan
Learners complete a review of the parts of speech using a jabberwocky poem format. In this parts of speech and poetry lesson plan, students read a jabberwocky poem and identify parts of speech in the poem. Learners list adjectives,...
Curated OER
BASIC GRAMMAR REVIEW Using "Jabberwocky"
Students use the poem Jabberwocky to discover where they are weak in grammar. They rewrite the poem using standard dialect words instead of nonsense words.
Poetry Society
Imaginary Words
Oh, what fun! Young logophiles and neologists create a dictionary-sounding definition for imaginary words and try to fool their classmates.
Curated OER
The Language of Our World
Students combine prefixes and suffixes to form nonsense words and sentences in the style of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky." In this "Jabberwocky" instructional activity, students brainstorm ways to decode an unfamiliar word and...
Curated OER
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: What was that Rabbit Hole? Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Students may submit their answers to be scored on this...
Curated OER
To Be Or Not To Be: Reading With Expression
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They listen to the teacher read "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carrol with and without expression, and discuss the differences. In small groups they...
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Decoding Strategies
Learners practice using context clues to decode the meanings of unfamiliar words. In this vocabulary skills lesson, students follow the provided instructions to complete graphic organizers that enable them to decode words in Lewis...
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Listening for Tone
Students read and listen to various poems as they are read by different readers using different tones. They read "Jabberwocky" and in groups, determine what they think the nonsense words in the poem mean. The groups compare thier ideas...
Curated OER
Listening to Poetry: Sounds of the Sonnet
Students investigate how sound influences meaning in poetry by listening to sonnets. They write an analysis after listening to and reading sonnets.
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Poetic Elements Are Fun!
Engage your class in the elements of poetry with a series of lessons and activities. The plans cover simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and imagery. Learners come up their their own metaphors, identify poetic...
Curated OER
Poetry, Take Me Away!
Students explore a variety of poetry and poetry concepts. They examine figurative language, mood, and literary devices. The students write and recite their own poetry.
Houston Teachers Institute
Alice in Wonderland: Nonsense and Logic in Literature
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is known for its fantastical imagery and nonsense verse. This unit plan offers a basic exploration into nonsense verse through poetry and teacher read-alouds. It incorporates activities involving...
Curated OER
Listening to Poetry: Sounds of the Sonnet
Young scholars experience and enjoy the sounds of poetry. They erform sound experiments with sonnets and closely read and analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare. Students write an analysis of how sound affects meaning in a sonnet chosen from...
Curated OER
Six Trait Writing with Twain and Doyle
Students explore the traits of writing in this six lessons unit. Poems, fiction, and drama are evaluated to identify writing strategies. Utilization of vocabulary and writing rubrics help students judge the effectiveness of their own...
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Positively Poetry
Students complete a unit on poetry. In this poetry lesson, students complete 19 lessons that focus on reading and writing poetry as well as learning about literary elements and sound devices. Students read poetry orally, debate poetry in...
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Lewis Carroll
Texts of several poems, two novels, and a book on mathematics, by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The poems include favorites such as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter." The texts can be read online or downloaded...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "Jabberwocky," by Lewis Carroll
This site provides the text for Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky." Also available here is a good biography of the author. Click on 'Lewis Carroll' to find the biography.