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Poetry Describing Ordinary Life

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Students examine the cultural and historical context which a poem is written in or describes. In this poetry lesson plan, students listen to an online recording of Philip Larkin reading "The Whitsun Wedding." Students explore how the poem comments on ordinary life by examining the cultural and historical perspective from which it was written.

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10th - 11th
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English Language Arts
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