For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf Lesson Plan

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

1. 1

   Students will be able to track the usage of figurative and experimental language

2. 2

   Students will be able to point to evidence in the text to support their arguments, both in writing and in classroom discussion

3. 3

   Students will articulate, in speech and in writing, the effects of medium on storytelling and on particular themes

4. 4

   Students will be able to engage creatively with the themes and imagery of the choreopoem, using a variety of media including digital tools, artistic materials, as well as their bodies and voices.