Judith Wright: Poetry Lesson Plan

Nature Observation in Poetry: Modeling an Original Poem After Wright's Collection, Birds

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will reflect on Wright’s choice of subject matter in the collection Birds, study her technique in “Magpies” and selected excerpts from the collection, and write an original poem modeled after these excerpts.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.6

Structure:

Judith Wright wrote an entire...