Lesson Plan

Read Write Think: Poetry: Varying Views of America

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Lesson allows students to examine the various views of American perspective through studying three poems by diverse poets: "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes, and "On the Pulse of Morning" by Maya Angelou. An excellent resource and lesson for students. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity, RL.11-12.6 Irony/Satire/etc, RL.11-12.7 Multi Interpretations, RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity

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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice