Day 1

Ars Poetica Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Scavenger Hunt: Archibald MacLeish

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will explore the biographical and contextual background of one of the poets.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7–8.7 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.8

    Structure:

    To begin this activity, the teacher should have students watch the following video as a class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgAS7_TRQMY

    Once the discussion ends, the teacher should break students into groups of 3–5 people. The next part of the activity is a scavenger hunt: each group will be tracking down more biographical information about MacLeish online, using...

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