Lesson 2.2 - Digging Deeper into Poetry
Specific Expectations:
Reading for Meaning - 1.2; 1.3; 1.5; 1.6
Understanding Form and Style - 2.2; 2.3
Reading with Fluency - 3.2
Learning Goals:
In this lesson you will get a first exposure to what deep reading and analysis of poetry teaches us and how it can prepare us for the study of fiction in the form of short stories, novels and plays later in the course.
The focus in this lesson will be developing a personal response to poetry – what poems have said to us as close readers. This lesson’s goal is to make you see the value in poetry beyond its academic function.
Students to complete this after you've finished all activities/tasks in today's lesson.