Day 5

In Custody Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Great Female Poets

    Kind of Activity:

    Research

    Objective:

    Students will put into perspective the novel's treatment of poetry

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2

    Structure:

    The letter that Imtiaz sends to Deven claims that her poetry is ignored because of her gender. There is some truth to her argument, but there is a long history of women writing great poetry. For this assignment, students will identify some of those poets.

    Using the internet, ask each student to find a great female poet. The students should pick three poems that they like from their poet.

    After...

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