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Comparing Text and Film
aCTIvITy 3.20
Learning Targets
• Analyze a poem and make connections between its theme and the events in the life of a great leader.
• Analyze and compare a film text and a nonfiction text on a similar subject.
Preview
In this activity, you will read the poem “Invictus” and think about its theme. my Notes Then you will compare information presented in an autobiography to information
presented in a film.
Setting a Purpose for reading
• As you read the poem underline words and phrases that express the author’s attitude about overcoming personal challenges.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
About the Author
William Ernest Henley (1849–1903) was a British poet. As a child, Henley contracted tuberculosis of the bone and had to have his foot and part of his leg amputated. He spent much time in hospitals and wrote Invictus while recovering from a second surgery.
poetry
Invictus1 by William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.
5 In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.
1 Invictus: Latin, meaning “unconquered, unconquerable, undefeated”
Unit 3 • Choices and Consequences 231
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Choral Reading, Marking the Text, Graphic Organizer
fell: destructive or deadly bludgeoning: beating
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