Wind, Poetry 3rd Grade

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Who Has Seen the Wind?
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Part 2
Compare and Contrast
By Mary Ruebusch McCurdy School
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Objective The learner will compare 2 pieces of
literature. Activity Students will make a
chart comparing information from the poem Who
Has Seen the Wind and the fable The Wind and
the Sun.
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Procedure 1. Read the poem and fable to the
class. (If you want to use the overhead, copy
the following slides and have a transparency
made in advance for each.) 2. Answer questions
in student logs.
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Procedure 1. The students will read and
complete activities on both The Wind and
the Sun and Who Has Seen the Wind. 2. The
students will chart comparisons between the 2
pieces. 3. The students will write a
paragraph explaining similarities and
differences.
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Who Has Seen the Wind? By Christina
RosettiWho has seen the wind? Neither I nor
youBut when the leaves hang trembling, The
wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor IBut
when the leaves bow down their heads, The wind
is passing by.
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The Wind and the Suna Fable by Aesop
Once upon a time when everything could talk, the
Wind and the Sun fell into an argument as to
which was the stronger.
Cape a coat without arms
Finally, they decided to put the matter to a
test they would see which one could make a
certain man, who was walking along the road,
throw off his cape.
The Wind tried first. He blew and he blew and he
blew. The harder and colder he blew, the
tighter the traveler wrapped his cape about him.
The Wind finally gave up and told the Sun to try.
The Sun began to smile and it grew warmer and
warmer. The traveler was comfortable once more.
The Sun shone brighter and brighter.
The man grew so hot, the sweat poured out on his
face. He became weary. Seating himself on a
stone, he quickly threw his cape to the ground.
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Who Has Seen the Wind? By Christina
RosettiWho has seen the wind? Neither I nor
youBut when the leaves hang trembling, The
wind is passing through.
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Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor IBut
when the leaves bow down their heads, The wind
is passing by.
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After reading the fable The Wind and The Sun
compare it to the poem Who Has Seen the Wind?
Make a chart like the one on the next page.
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Give 2 examples of how the wind is described in
each piece.
Poem
Fable
1. 2.
1. 2.
Answers on the next slide
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Fable
Poem
1. 2.
1. 2.
The wind is like a person.
It makes the leaves move.
The wind blew and blew.
The wind can not be seen.
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Compare and contrast the fable and the poem. How
are they alike? How are they different?
Make a Venn diagram together on the board or
overhead. Then students can write a paragraph.
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In the fable, the wind was like an angry
person. He blew to make the man take off his
coat. In the poem the wind was an object of
nature, not like a person. In both, the wind was
invisible to humans.
The end