IF by Rudyard Kipling. A Poem Interpretation

English 10

1. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master subtitle style 1

2. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master subtitle style 2 Worship Time!

3. FIRST QUARTER: WHO YOU ARE

4. CULMINATING ACTIVITY Tribute Video Each student will create a 1-minute video showing his/her appreciation towards a person who has helped him/her become the best person that he/she can be. The video may include pictures, music. Etc. Most importantly, it must include a portion where the students expressing his/her gratitude towards that person. The video must be uploaded in MS Teams

5. LESSON 1: On Growth and Selfhood (2 weeks)

6. LESSON 2: Permanent Mark (1 week)

7. LESSON 3: Redefining Orientations (1 week)

8. LESSON 4: What Explorations Bring (1 week)

9. GRADING SYSTEM Written Works: 30% Performance Tasks: 50% Quarterly Assessment: 20%

10. Lesson 1: On Growth and Selfhood

11. Growing up is already a painful process but being brave enough to stand up to your decisions is even harder. It is such difference that puts more value to who you are—the identity with which you will be regarded.

12. Objectives Determine how the use of figurative language helps in highlighting the message of the poem. Recognizes antithesis as literary device. Apply the theme of a poem to present context.

13. Energize

14. Think-Square-Share How can you become your own person?

15. Spotlight on Reading Rudyard Kipling Renowned author of The Jungle Book (a popular collection of short stories for children) A poet 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature

16. Antithesis Is a literary device in which contrasting words, phrases, clauses, or sentences are juxtaposed to emphasize a point. Examples: If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you If you can wait and not be tired of waiting

17. Values Reflection List your values Select your top values Reflect on your values Share your values Connect with the poem

18. IF by Rudyard Kipling FIRST STANZA If you can keep your head when all about you        Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,    If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,     But make allowance for their doubting too;    If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,     Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,     And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

19. IF by Rudyard Kipling SECOND STANZA If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build ’ em up with worn-out tools:

20. IF by Rudyard Kipling THIRD STANZA If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

21. IF by Rudyard Kipling FOURTH STANZA If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

22. Virtues First Stanza: trust and belief in oneself; patience; humility Second Stanza: practicality; wisdom to recognize success and failure; perseverance to keep trying Third Stanza: ability to take risks; bravery in the face of losses; steadfastness; not giving up Fourth Stanza: dignity/honor/pride in himself

23. KNOWLEDGE PROCESS Who is the persona in the poem? Who is being addressed? The persona is a parent talking to his/her son.

24. KNOWLEDGE PROCESS What is the persona trying to explain to the addressee? How does the persona explain it? The persona is giving his/her son pieces of advice on how to deal with life’s challenges. He shares all these by telling his/her son what to do if he is faced with the given scenarios.

25. KNOWLEDGE PROCESS What virtues are shared in each stanza? The following virtues are discussed in each stanza: Stanza 1: trust and belief in oneself; patience; humility Stanza 2: practicality; wisdom to recognize success and failure; perseverance to keep trying Stanza 3: ability to take risks; bravery in the face of losses; steadfastness; not giving up Stanza 4: dignity/honor/pride in himself

26. KNOWLEDGE PROCESS What do these lines mean? If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, The line means that if the son has the ability to give meaning to his life every minute despite encountering challenges, he will be able to accomplish many things.

27. KNOWLEDGE PROCESS Does the persona give good advice? Is it something you will be willing to follow to be your own person? Why? The speaker gives excellent advice because it could inspire people to be the best they can be.

28. KNOWLEDGE PROCESS In our time today, is the persona’s advice still applicable? Why? The persona’s advice will be applicable at all times.

29. KNOWLEDGE PROCESS Is it difficult to follow the persona’s advice especially at the advent of technological and social development? How so? It is not easy to fulfill the persona’s advice because of the growing challenges around us, specifically challenges that are brought about by consumerism, poverty, conflicts, etc.

30. KNOWLEDGE PROCESS What does it mean to be your own person? To be one’s own person means having the ability to accept, express, and be proud of oneself.

31. IFVL-Integration of Faith, Values, and Learning -Proverbs 3:5-6 New International Version Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

32. Written Work #2: Get ½ crosswise and answer the following: Choose one virtue: Describe the virtue that the poem emphasizes, such as patience, courage, self-discipline, perseverance, humility, and integrity. Extract Quotations: Select key quotations from the poem that specifically address the virtue. Analyze how these lines convey the essence of the virtue and contribute to the overall message of the poem.