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Read Write Think: Poetry: Varying Views of America Lesson PlanRead Write Think: Poetry: Varying Views of America Lesson Plan
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ReadWriteThink
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
1360L
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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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Concepts

poetry, point of view, textual analysis, tone, walt whitman, langston hughes, maya angelou

Additional Tags

"i hear america singing", "i, too, sing america", "on the pulse of morning", "varying views of america", ccss.ela-literacy.rh.9-10.6, compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics,, ncte, oh.ela-literacy.rh.9-10.6, rl.11-12.10a/b text complexity, rl.11-12.6 irony/satire/etc, rl.11-12.7 multi interpretations, rl.9-10.10a&b text complexity, readwritethink: poetry: varying views of america, readwritethink, venn diagram

Classroom Considerations

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

Common Core

RL.9-10.10b RL.11-12.10b RL.11-12.6 RL.11-12.7 RL.11-12.10a RL.9-10.10a RH.9-10.6 RI.11-12.10a RI.11-12.10b CCRA.R.6

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