Sylvia Plath: Poems Lesson Plan

Read “You’re,” “Mirror,” “Sheep in Fog,” “The Munich Mannequins,” and “Child."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3

   Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6

   Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement)

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.D

   Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and...