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This is Part 1 of the Unit’s OF Learning Evaluation. It is worth 5% of your final mark.

Read the poem The Archaeopteryx’s Song by Edwin Morgan. The poem is found in the Unit 2 - Resource Folder.

Locate an Image of an Archaeopteryx, and as you read, connect the poet’s words with the picture. Does the tail look “like a stony pedestal and not a rudder.” A rudder is used for steering an airplane through the air or guiding a boat through water.

Morgan next mentions various dinosaurs with their plates and plaques. He describes their habitat and some of their behaviour. Find more pictures online that illustrate habitat and behaviour such as the words “horn-lock” and paste them into your document.

By illustrating the unfolding “story” in the poem using illustrations, you should make the meaning of the poem become clearer. Seeing imagery in what we read is a major step to deep reading, which is what this activity and this course hopes to teach. It is a skill the teacher expects you to acquire as we go further into the individual units.

Instructions: Create an illustrated analysis of the poem " The  Archaeopteryx Song"  by choosing a minimum of 8 images that  illustrate descriptions and events in the poem.  Arrange the pictures in such a way that it not only tells the story of the dinosaur, but is visually appealing.  Include specific quotations beside your pictures to emphasize what you are illustrating .   Identify at least 3 examples of literary devices found in your quotations. 

In addition to your Illustrated analysis, write a short paragraph of between 50-100 words describing what you think the message of the poem is. Quote some words and lines from the poem to support your beliefs.