Day 3

Citizen: An American Lyric Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Structure and Theme Presentation

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will be able to analyze the structure and one specific theme in the text.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5

    Structure:

    To begin the activity, have students find the vignette or other portion of Citizen that resonates with them most. Then, have students do a two-minute freewrite in which they explain why that piece of the poem resonates with them. Consider telling students ahead of time that they will not be required to share.

    Then, explain to students that poetry resonates with people not only because of the words on the page, but because of the work the words do and the...

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