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• Use a rich and varied tone vocabulary to name each shift in tone, looking up words they do not know • Practice “mapping” a poem on their own, in a precise and nuanced way • Write instructions to a classmate on how he or she should recite the poem, with evidence to support why
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Read the poem with students; discuss in detail in groups and as a whole class. Encourage them to discuss the tone of the poem and how it is created. When the poem has been understood, read the diary entry to them.
- Introduction
- Background on Activist Poetry
- Rationale
- Curriculum Objectives
- Reading Strategies
- Classroom Activities
- After Reading Activities
- Assessment
- Standards
"A poet's work is to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it from going to sleep." -Salman Rushdie This quote, written by Salman Rushdie, sums up my belief surrounding the purpose of socially critical poetry. As an educator who grew up as an artist in the poverty stricken neighborhoods of...
Poetry allows one to express ideas and experiences through rhythmic language in an artistic fashion, often relying on the experiences of the reader for its interpretation. Poetry offers a form of expression that is not confined to the linear process of exposition, but rather, has, at least at first glance, an allowed freedom of organization. Lauren...
As of 2013, I have taught at Emery Secondary School for two years as a 9 th and 10 thgrade English and History Teacher. Emery Secondary School is made up of 218 students. Approximately 64% of the student population scored below proficient in ELA according to California STAR Test data (City-Data 2013). Furthermore, upon analysis of a faculty-based s...
Content Objectives Regarding Unit Texts
What Whitman "I Hear America Singing" Although this poem may not be considered activist poetry in the sense of containing a highly critical social or political message, it does, however, demonstrate a degree of consciousness surrounding the social order in America. It is this reason, coupled with its detailed imagery, which makes it a great starting point for struggling learners who are first being introduced to socially conscious poetry. "I Hear America Singing" is a poem that aims to celebr...
Objectives in Student Ability
My overall objective for my students is to strengthen their interpretation skills and improve their reading proficiency and comprehension. My approach to tackling this objective is twofold: primarily, use a variety of reading strategies to expand my students' academic abilities and secondly, expanding student understanding and awareness of social, political and personal issues by exposing them to content that is relevant, empowering and personally meaningful. For this curriculum plan I have d...
Objectives in Student Empowerment
Students in my High School often express a sense of hopelessness and powerlessness. While this curriculum unit is primarily about teaching students skills in interpretation, it is just as much about empowering students by encouraging them to be passionate, proactive and socially aware. During this unit I hope students will find personal significance in some of the text. Students will be exposed to a variety of historical figures that range in age, race, gender, etc. Many, but not all, of thes...
Below, I will elaborate on how each reading strategy is used to help students effectively interpret the texts in this unit. As will be noted, some of the strategies are implemented before or after reading, while others are implemented while reading. Each reading strategy will be used for each text in this unit with the aim of helping students creat...
Classroom activities for this unit will primarily be focused on a) helping students identify and consider the tone of a text, b) helping students identify and establish the author's purpose in writing, c) prompting students to consider and discuss the effectiveness, significance and meaning of text, and d) encouraging students to express their own ...
Word Groups- Word Groups is an after reading activity that will help students a) identify the topic, theme, or subject of a poem and b) identify the mood of a poem. Word Groups is most effective in groups of three and in its later stages, as a class. This activity uses the graphic organizer plainly titled "Word Groups" to solicit students to catego...
There are a variety of assessment options that can help teachers effectively quantify the mastery of content by their students. But, just as importantly, these assessment options are also designed to help students feel empowered and inspired by giving them a creative outlet to share their voice. Option 1 – Persuasive Essay: Many secondary education...
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refi...
This unit was created to help support the teaching of the 9 th grade common writing assignment. It was designed around the following: Essential Questions: x How do writers express their thoughts and feelings? x What tools do writers use to create tone within a piece of writing? x As a student, what am I trying to achieve through my writing?
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and voice their personal narrative. Encourage students to write and perform poetry using the process Kahn outlines in the book. Ask students to write at least three poems a week, either original style or poems that mimic the poetical form of a published poet. Poems can be drafted in a poetry journal or notebook, which
Teach: Start your poetry unit instruction by reading various poems to your students. These poems should serve as a model for the type of poetry that your students will soon create. Some of your stu-dents may not have heard the type of poetry that you’re teaching. Familiarize them with great poems.
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Introduce students to the idea that poems can be useful to recite—the whole poem or just part of it—in a variety of real life situations. Brainstorm with them what some of those situations might be, for example:
