William Shakespeare's "The Seven Ages of Man" pointed out how life happens in stages. Modeling the Bard himself and Harry Chapin's "Cat's In The Cradle", which breaks a father-son relationship into four stages (verses), each student will describe some part (or all) of his/her life as four definitive stages in an original poem. Like Chapin, young scholars will interject a thoughtful, themed statement (chorus) throughout the poem that ties this reflective and introspective activity together.

Concepts

poetry

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"cat's in the cradle" sung by harry chapin, northern nevada writing project, william shakespeare’s "the seven ages of man", writingfix, ipod prompts, 4 stages of life, writing poetry

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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