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Scavenger Hunt: Archibald MacLeish
Kind of Activity:
Group Work
Objective:
Students will explore the biographical and contextual background of one of the poets.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7–8.7 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.8
Structure:
To begin this activity, the teacher should have students watch the following video as a class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgAS7_TRQMY
Once the discussion ends, the teacher should break students into groups of 3–5 people. The next part of the activity is a scavenger hunt: each group will be tracking down more biographical information about MacLeish online, using...
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