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anyone lived in a pretty how town Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    Students will be able to interpret Cummings's unique uses of language.

  2. 2

    Students will construct arguments relating to literary interpretation in both essays and class debates.

  3. 3

    Students will analyze the historical context in which Cummings wrote and evaluate how that might have contributed to his work.

  4. 4

    Students will compare and contrast Cummings's work with that of other poets and artists of his time and make connections between them using artistic sense-making.

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