Sylvia Plath: Poems Lesson Plan

Read “Totem," Contusion,” “Edge,” and “Words."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.7

   Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.D

   Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4

   Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3

   Evaluate a...