Teacher Guide

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

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 set Frank O'Hara's poems in the context of the New York School and the mid-twentieth century.

  2. 2

    Students will be able to analyze and create their own versions of the conversational tone of O'Hara's poems.

  3. 3

    Students will be able to study the historical context of Lana Turner and Billie Holiday as portrayed in O'Hara's poetry.

  4. 4

    Students will be able to analyze O'Hara's uses of figurative language and how it differs from historical uses of the same devices.

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