Day 5

Citizen: An American Lyric Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Alternate Titles Activity

    Kind of Activity:

    Technology

    Objective:

    Students will be able to analyze how the text is structured and compiled.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5

    Structure:

    To begin this activity, lead a class discussion using all or some of the following questions.

    *How would you briefly describe (in 10 words or less) each Section—I through VII?

    *How would you describe the flow of the text from section to section in Citizen?

    *Do you think the order of the sections is important?

    *What is the effect of the fact that the sections do not have titles?

    Then, organize students into pairs. Instruct students to come up with titles for each of the...

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