This is a poetry lesson titled "Cause and Effect".

"The Arrow and The Song"
	
I shot an arrow in the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak 
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song from beginning to end
I found again in the heart of a friend
						
Longfellow

1. Objectives:
	-To help students become aware of the permanance of some of our 
actions and how words in particular and deeds said and done today can 
effect the future.  
	
Strategy:  

The unit will concentrate on looking at symbols to be interpreted by the 
reader.  When reading the poem selected for this unit we will keep in mind 
the questions: “What does the writer mean?”
               “What impression is he trying to give?”


2. Materials.	

I will put the poem on the overhead, and also hand a copy
out to the class.  
A boomerang, scotch tape, and super glue.
They will need their journals for the final part of the class.  


. 3. Procedure.
	
	Lead in with a discussion called “soul searching.”  We
will look at how we treat other people.  Do we ever “talk about” other 
people?  Our friends maybe?   Do our words remain confidential? How do 
these words affect other people? How do these words affect us after
they are spoken?  
	We will move on to discuss our actions in the same light.  Do these
actions ever leave an impression behind?
	Finally we will discuss the future, and these events in retrospect for
both ourselves and others.

	Development.

	Look at the poem on the overhead, and discuss it.  Most
important will be relating the poem to the previous discussion.  Note how 
our words and actions are songs and arrows. 
Help students realize that they remain to be discovered again as in the
poem.

	Wrap-up.
	
	Take out the boomerang, tape, and glue for discussion and
relationship.  Briefly, we will discuss how each relates to the poem, 
paying close attention to the qualities of each object and relating these 
qualities to our actions.

4. Evaluation and Extension.
		
	Have the students take their journals and divide into 
three groups.  Distribute the boomerang to one group, the tape to 
another, and the the glue to the last and ask each group to relate 
the object to the poem.  Discuss quietly, and write responses.  Next they 
will exchange objects, and finally each group will have had time to write 
on all three objects.