Westside High School Lesson Plan s4

Westside High School Lesson Plan

Teacher Name: DeGroodt, Falcon Unit Name and #: Poetry; “The Masculine Identity” Course: AP Lit Dates: Jan 5-9

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T TEKS/AP/Standards:  To consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as such smaller scale elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone.  To study representative works from various genres and periods (from the to the twentieth century) and to know a few works extremely well. Learning Activities:  Distribute Catcher (book needs to read and annotated by Monday, January 19)  Hand out “Poetry Terms To Know” handout  Review sonnet analysis/unpacking of structure for meaning  “Sonnet 80” as independent practice/review of sonnet analysis  Write/pair/share analytical responses to “Sonnet 80”  Introduce villanelle structure  Read Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”  Guided practice—analysis of Thomas’s villanelle

Major Upcoming Assessment: Independent Poetry Analysis and Composition Assignment (due Jan 14/15)

Checks for Understanding: “Sonnet 80” analysis as a written (all students) and shared CFU (randomizing responses); guided practice with villanelles

Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book

Follow Up/HW: Read Catcher by Monday, January 19

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