Barn Owl Lesson Plan

Your Own Night

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will creatively engage with the story's perspective

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4

Structure:

Even if we haven't shot an owl in the middle of the night, most of us have our own life-changing adventures in the dark.

For this assignment, students will write a poem like "Barn Owl" about a similar early-morning/late-night incident that fundamentally changed their perspective. The poem need not be...