Gwen Harwood: Poems Lesson Plan

Enjambed and Un-enjambed

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will creatively engage with the story's perspective

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4

Structure:

Students not familiar with poetic forms may not understand the significance of the structure Harwood uses in her work. To help them simply see the effect of her line breaks, ask students to practice using enjambment, the poetic choice to continue sentences past the end of a line.

Process:

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