Pablo Neruda: Poems Lesson Plan

Poetry Close Reading: Sonnets of Shakespeare and Neruda

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will review core concepts and apply them to understand relevant texts.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.6 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9–10.1

Structure:

To begin this activity, the teacher should start a classwide discussion by posing the following question: what is poetry? How does it differ from other forms of writing? What are some of its chief characteristics? What makes it special as an art form?

As the teacher asks this...