On Beauty Lesson Plan

Write a Pantoum

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will learn a new poetry form and reflect on themes of the book.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.E

Structure:

In “the anatomy lesson”, Claire Malcolm shares a copy of a pantoum she wrote called “On, Beauty.” She tells Jack French that a pantoum is a Malay verse form. In this activity you will ask your students to write a pantoum inspired by something in On Beauty. Encourage your students to find inspiration in the themes, setting, events, or characters in the novel. Explain the structure of a pantoum: a pantoum is comprised of interlocking quatrains (stanzas with four lines). The...