Andrew Marvell: Poems Lesson Plan

For this section, students should read "The Mower Against the Gardens," "Damon the Mower," "The Mower to the Glow-worms," and "The Mower's Song."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1

   Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2

   Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3

   Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the...