1. “The War Against the Trees” by Thad Lentz
Adapted from a presentation by Noelle cooke, libby tisler, thad lentz, and hayden carr-loize

2. Freewrite --
What is a large change that you have experienced in your lifetime? This change can have negatively or positively impacted you.

3. Reading of the poem: “The War Against the Trees”
pp in the literature textbook
We will be reading it once to ourselves and once aloud.
Pay attention to the words defined in the margin.

4. After having read the poem…
…what do you think the poem is describing? What is the denotative meaning of it?

5. Identify one example each of the following:
Sensory imagery
Personification
Metaphor
How do these poetic devices enhance the poem’s meaning?

6. Group Activity
Now that we have discussed the poem, we are going to get into small groups and discuss what you visualize after reading and understanding the poem. Once you agree on a similar image, draw and color a quick picture (as a group) of this image.

7. Reflect:
Write down a possible theme of the poem.