The Poetry of Ada Limón Lesson Plan

Where Life and Poetry Overlap

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

Students will analyze and understand how a writer's life influences their writing in profound and meaningful ways.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7

Structure:

Begin this activity by reminding students that “How to Triumph Like a Girl” and “The Quiet Machine” come from the same book, Bright Dead Things, published in 2015.

Break students into pairs. In their pairs, they will use the internet to research Ada Limón to find out what was going on in her...