Walt Whitman: Poems Lesson Plan

Pastiche Project: Day 5

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will write imitations of Whitman's poems to better understand his poetic choices and thematic concerns.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.D

Structure:

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

For their final pastiches, students should choose between "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" and "Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry." As with Day 4, invite students to focus on a smaller section of one of these poems, since they are long. Both of these poems highlight Whitman's patriotism and sense of community and place; ask students to consider places that are...