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Robert Frost's "Choose Something Like a Star" and John Keats' "Bright Star" provide the text for a two-part instructional activity in which class members analyze the effects of style on meaning in poetry. Randall Thompson's song cycle from Frostiana "Choose Something Like a Star," provides an audio accompaniment to the poem.
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Instructional Ideas
- Use as a warm-up exercise to prepare class members for the AP® exam
- Using the 1988 AP® prompt, ask class members to craft an essay in which they compare the two poems
Classroom Considerations
- Draws heavily on test prep materials provided by Pearsons and College Board but does not credit those sources
- Randall Thompson's song cycle is available as a video
- Class members should have experience analyzing poetry and comparing different poems with similar subjects
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- The detailed plan is carefully scaffolded
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- Neither the text of the required materials nor links to them are provided