Allen Ginsberg's Poetry Lesson Plan

Musical Comparison

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

Listen to a jazz piece (suggestion: Jimmy Forrester, Night Train.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.5 Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5 Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure...