UNIT:
Lesson: 15
Essential Question
The unit essential questions developed through this lesson are…
- How does culture influence the voice of a poet?
- How can poetry highlight a community’s strengths, challenges and ambitions?
- How can one’s sense of self be developed through poetry?
Task
The task that students will fulfill through this lesson is…
- The unit project is a poem the students will create that is rooted in one of our essential questions. To ensure students have an opportunity to make a deep connection with our unit focus, their writing will be developed in stages, beginning with a reflection. For today’s task, students will choose an essential question focus and write a reflection based on that topic. They will summarize their thoughts and reveal the central idea that was developed within their writing.
Content Focus
By engaging in this lesson, students will demonstrate their knowledge/understanding that…
- The central idea is what a text is about. A writer can use a topic to create and develop a central idea. This idea is revealed as the reader examines the key details of a text.
Skills Focus
By engaging in this lesson, students will strengthen their ability to…
- Write a cohesive reflection making a personal connection to a topic and synthesizing their thoughts into a theme.
Standards Alignment
- Analyze the development of a theme or central idea over the course of a work of literature, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide a detailed summary that supports the analysis. (8.RL.2.2)
