1. Why do we celebrate Veterans Day?

2. Glue the photograph in your composition book and quickly jot your thoughts. What have these men left behind which they fight so courageously to save?

3. Read the poem and create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the picture of the soldier and the man.

4. Watch this short video clip and add to your thinking in the Venn diagram…

5. Discuss the questions and answers with your shoulder partner
Discuss the questions and answers with your shoulder partner. You have 5 minutes!

6. You will create your own flag to honor a soldier
You will create your own flag to honor a soldier. What do you think the men or women are dreaming of in the picture I give you? Brainstorm in your circle map.

7. Modeling Sassoon’s poem Dreamers, write a two stanza poem about what your soldier is dreaming about.

8. Draw out your flag in pencil, and write your poem on the white stripes
Draw out your flag in pencil, and write your poem on the white stripes. You will color the blue and red of your flag.