What's a Romantic?
In this webquest you'll get acquainted with one of the most famous Romantic poets, namely William Wordsworth. You'll read and also listen to some poems, study them, think about them and carry out some assignments. You are going to spend about two lessons and some time at home on this project.
At the top of the page you'll find a number of buttons. Work your way through them from left to right and the information will be presented to you in the right order.
The poems I chose are among my own favourites and I hope that you like them too.
On the whole you'll appreciate a poem better if you read and reread it a number of times. Let it "cook and simmer" like a good stew and savour it slowly like a good meal.
Now let's find out if you are a Romantic too!
At the top of the page you'll find a number of buttons. Work your way through them from left to right and the information will be presented to you in the right order.
The poems I chose are among my own favourites and I hope that you like them too.
On the whole you'll appreciate a poem better if you read and reread it a number of times. Let it "cook and simmer" like a good stew and savour it slowly like a good meal.
Now let's find out if you are a Romantic too!
Overview
Title | Task | Skills |
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Getting started | Introducing the main questions: What is a Romantic? Are you a Romantic? | Thinking Reflecting |
"I Wandered lonely as a cloud" | Your first poem. What do you think? | Reading Listening Thinking Reflecting |
Historical background | Background information. Changes in society. Tasks 3, 4 & 5. |
Reading Thinking/processing Linking information Visualization |
New Writing | Taking inventory of subjects the Romantics wrote about. Discovering new elements in their writing. Tasks 6 & 7. |
Reading Thinking Summarizing Visualization |
Solitary Reaper | Reading a poem. Tasks 8 & 9. Analyzing, writing an article. |
Reading, listening Thinking, analyzing Writing |
Contemporary elements | Reading a modern poem. Tasks 10, 11 & 12. Questions: Are there still Romantic poems being written? Relating a poem to our modern world. |
Reading Thinking Comparing Writing Visualizing |
Encore + Finals | Reading one more poem. Reading out loud and recording a poem. Going back to the original questions. Checking your work. |
Reading Analyzing Reciting Reflecting Checking |