Day 1

Ars Poetica Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

For this section, students should read the entirety of Archibald MacLeish's "Ars Poetica," as well as the entirety of Horace's "Ars Poetica."

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7-8.2

    Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7-8.3

    Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

  3. 3

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7-8.1

    Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text...

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