Death of a Naturalist Lesson Plan

Poetic Analysis: Paraphrasing, Arc, & Meaning

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will analyze the poetic elements from final eleven poems in "Death of a Naturalist" (Day 4), focusing on the importance of paraphrasing, arc, & meaning.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

In this activity, students will continue to learn and practice a methodology for reading and analyzing poetry that they will use and build on for the rest of this lesson plan. For the final day of this unit-long activity, select 5-7 poems from those assigned...