Day 6

Christina Rossetti: Poems Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read "In the Bleak Mid-winter" (aka "A Christmas Carol," 1872) and "Love Came Down at Christmas" (aka "Christmastide," 1885).

Common Core Objectives

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    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.)

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    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5 Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its...

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