Christina Rossetti: Poems Lesson Plan

Christina's Christmas Carols

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

To compare musical settings of Rossetti's "In the Bleak Mid-Winter"

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1

Structure:

Have students listen to the following settings of "In the Bleak Mid-Winter:"

Gustav Holst's "In the Bleak Mid-Winter"

Harold Darke's "In the Bleak Mid-Winter"

James Taylor "In the Bleak Mid-Winter"

Engage in a class-wide discussion of the different settings, using the following questions as a jumping off point:

- How does each artist treat the poem?

- What does each setting evoke? How are...