Judith Wright: Poetry Lesson Plan

Recreate the great-great-grandmother’s sketch in “Request to a Year”

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will create original visual art pieces corresponding to the scene in "Request to a Year" in order to better understand the "firmness of hand" to which the speaker refers.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5

Structure:

In this activity, students will use the medium of visual art to explore firsthand the...