The Haystack in the Floods, by William Morris

UNIT: POETRY (2nd Trimester)

OBJECTIVE: To teach students ho as a team rite a com#osition% MATERIALS:

GRADE: 10

to analy!e a narrati"e #oem as a team$ and then

#hotoco#ies o& the #oem (one &or each student)% 'rou# Pie charts (to be created by each team)% Photoco#ies o& the mi(ed u# Plot handout (1 #er )rou#)

ASSIGNMENT: 1) Teacher creates )rou#s o& * students (+ i& une"en)% 2) ,s a )rou#$ the students must read throu)h the #oem to)ether$ #iecin) to)ether the #lot$ and de&inin) un-no n ords$ usin) the Plot handouts% The E"ents handout has all the main e"ents on one side% On the other side o& the sheet$ the students must rite do n the #lot e"ents in chronolo)ical order% *) Each )rou# must then ans er com#rehension .uestions at the end o& the te(t in #ara)ra#h &ormat% ,dd the &ollo in) .uestions as ell: a% What does line /0 ma-e you thin- o&1 b% What does 'odmar mean hen he says$ 2Your lo"er3s li&e is on the ane4 on line 501 c% 6e&ine the &ollo in) "ocabulary ords usin) their conte(t &rom the te(t: i% 7aystacii% 8orne (line *) iii% 9lain (+) i"% 9tirru# (5) "% :irtle (;) "i% ,#ace (1/) "ii% Murmurin) (20) "iii% 'iddy (2+) i(% Reins (25) (% 6itch (*5) (i% Wretched (+0) (ii% Recollect (/0) (iii% Paramour (52) (i"% 7inders (the "erb TO 7<=6ER) (>/) ("% Wic-ed (>>) ("i% 9tran)le (;1) ("ii% Mail (1+1) ("iii% Rue&ul (1/5) +) The )rou# must to)ether rite the 2?or @om#osition4 .uestion at the end o& the te(t as the maAor ritin) assi)nment &or this acti"ity% /) PeerBeditin) ill be com#leted ithin the )rou#% 0) Each )rou# must hand in their com#lete$ ty#ed and doubleBs#aced com#osition ith: a% , 'rou# Pie @hart attached% b% Rou)h co#ies attached%

1% Reader bein) .uestioned: as it orth her comin) all this ay &or death1 2% Cehane and 9ir Robert ride her horse in the rain throu)h &ields and oods o& ?rance% *% O&ten he had to ride ahead o& her to ma-e sure the ay as clear% +% Cehane is "ery ner"ous and &ri)htened$ li-e 9ir Robert3s men% /% They meet 'odmar (2That Cudas4)% 0% There ere *0 murdered En)lishmen in the ditch by the hay&ield% 5% 9ir Robert tries to assure Cehane that they ha"e 'odmar and his men outnumbered% >% =e"ertheless$ Cehane orries reco)ni!es her situation i& 9ir Robert dies: she ill either be sent to #rison here she ill surely die$ or she ill be &orced to marry 'odmar% ;% 9ir Robert and his men are .uic-ly o"erta-en by 'odmar3s troo#s% 10% 'odmar threatens Cehane i&e% ith 9ir Robert3s li&e i& she does not a)ree to bein) his

11% 'odmar tells 9ir Robert to not say a ord or else he ill -ill him immediately% 12% 9he says no to 'odmar3s threat o& lo"e or 9ir Robert3s death% 1*% 'odmar becomes &urious and he threatens to steal her a ay to his castle to &orce her to marry him% 1+% Cehane threatens to -ill 'odmar in his bed i& he &orces her into marria)e% 1/% 'odmar reminds Cehane that in Paris the #eo#le are be))in) &or her death and$ there&ore$ he is actually sa"in) her li&e% 10% Cehane rests on a haystac- to consider her o#tions% 15% 7er &inal ans er is to re&use 'odmar a)ain% 1>% Cehane and 9ir Robert try &or a last embrace$ but they are not allo ed it% 1;% 'odmar cho#s o&& 9ir Robert3s head ith his s ord% 20% 'odmar3s troo#s stom# 9ir Robert3s head to #ieces% 21% 'odmar sends Cehane to the @hatelet% 22% Cehane smiled a 2rue&ul4 smile%

The Haystack in the !""#s$% &y 'i!!ia( M"))is 'odmar reminds Cehane that in Paris the #eo#le are be))in) &or her death and$ there&ore$ he is actually sa"in) her li&e% O&ten he had to ride ahead o& her to ma-e sure the ay as clear% 'odmar cho#s o&& 9ir Robert3s head ith his s ord% Cehane is "ery ner"ous and &ri)htened$ li-e 9ir Robert3s men% 'odmar becomes &urious and he threatens to steal her a ay to his castle to &orce her to marry him% 'odmar tells 9ir Robert to not say a ord or else he ill -ill him immediately% 'odmar sends Cehane to the @hatelet% =e"ertheless$ Cehane orries reco)ni!es her situation i& 9ir Robert dies: she ill either be sent to #rison here she ill surely die$ or she ill be &orced to marry 'odmar% Cehane and 9ir Robert try &or a last embrace$ but they are not allo ed it% 'odmar threatens Cehane ith 9ir Robert3s li&e i& she does not a)ree to bein) his i&e%

7er &inal ans er is to re&use 'odmar a)ain% 9ir Robert and his men are .uic-ly o"erta-en by 'odmar3s troo#s% Reader bein) .uestioned: as it orth her comin) all this ay &or death1 9he says no to 'odmar3s threat o& lo"e or 9ir Robert3s death% Cehane smiled a 2rue&ul4 smile% They meet 'odmar (2That Cudas4)% Cehane rests on a haystac- to consider her o#tions% There ere *0 murdered En)lishmen in the ditch by the hay&ield% Cehane and 9ir Robert ride her horse in the rain throu)h &ields and oods o& ?rance% 'odmar3s troo#s stom# 9ir Robert3s head to #ieces% Cehane threatens to -ill 'odmar in his bed i& he &orces her into marria)e%