Day 3

Walt Whitman: Poems Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read "Beat! Beat! Drums!," "Ashes of Soldiers," and "Thoughts."

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.D
    Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3
    Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom...

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