The Collected Poems of H.D. Lesson Plan

Pastiche Portfolio: Day 4

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will demonstrate an understanding of H.D.'s poems by writing imitations of her works.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5

Structure:

This is the final day of a multi-day activity.

For their final pastiche, students will imitate the form and subject matter of "The Walls Do Not Fall." Instruct students to write a pastiche of two cantos of H.D.'s poem. They should focus on viewing and interpreting a modern event (which may or may not be violent, but should be something well-known) through the lens of mythology. These poems should draw on what...