"That man is not truly one, but truly two." The Strange Case of  Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde offers readers a change to craft a poem combining words and phrases from Robert Lewis Stevenson's novella to create a poem for two voices. The resource suggests using poems from Paul Fleischman's Joyful Noise as examples.

Concepts

dr. jekyll and mr. hyde

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Project the image from the assignment sheet to model the two voices concept
• Have writer's illustrate their poem and post them about the classroom

Classroom Considerations

• The lesson requires the purchase of Paul Fleischman's Joyful Noise

Pros

• The activity encourages readers to consider both the differences and similarities of the two aspects of the main character

Cons

• No models are included