Day 2

Anne Bradstreet: Poems Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

This day's poems are also from The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America. and are also examples of Bradstreet's earlier work. These poems are disconnected from Bradstreet's American surroundings, reflecting on England and English concerns.

"A Dialogue Between Old England and New"

"In Honor of Queen Elizabeth"

"Contemplations"

"The Flesh and the Spirit"

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1
    Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1
    Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis...

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