Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Tower Lesson Plan

Students read the following poems: "Sailing to Byzantium", "The Tower"

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4
   Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2
   Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account;...