UNIT:
Lesson: 17
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…
- Students will begin writing a rough draft of their culminating poem.
Content Focus
By engaging in this lesson, students will demonstrate their knowledge/understanding that…
- Culture can influence the voice of a poet. Poetry can highlight the strengths, challenges and ambitions in a community. Poetry is a medium to self-discovery.
Skills Focus
By engaging in this lesson, students will demonstrate their ability to…
- Use descriptive language and other literary devices to express a deeper meaning as it relates to culture and self-identity; additionally students may also extend this expression through works of art.
Standards Alignment
Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture action and convey experiences and events. (8.W.3.3.d)
