Night Sky with Exit Wounds Lesson Plan

Life of Ocean Vuong

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will be able to consider the relationship between the poet's life and his poetry

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.8, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2

Structure:

Create a collective timeline for the class spanning the beginning of Ocean Vuong's life to the present—either a physical timeline on chart paper or an online timeline using classroom software. Divide students into two groups. One group should be assigned to research the major events of Vuong's life, both regarding his writing and his personal life. Where was he born, and where does he live? What does he do?...