Faithful and Virtuous Night Lesson Plan

What We Don't Say: The Messages Between, Underneath, and Within the Words

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will explore the nonverbal elements of communication present in both the content and structure of Glück’s poems.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3

Structure:

Begin by taking a student volunteer to read the following passage from “A Sharply Worded Silence”: “I concluded finally that whatever message there might have been/ was not contained in speech—so, I realized, my mother...