The Whitsun Weddings Lesson Plan

Pastiche Project: Day 1

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will write imitations of Larkin's poems to better understand his poetic choices and thematic concerns.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.D; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5

Structure:

This is part one of a multi-day activity. Over the course of the week, students will choose one poem from each day's assignment to imitate in a pastiche. Each day will focus on a different poetic technique or feature, inspired by the poems.

Explain to students that a pastiche is a poem written in imitation of the style and form of another poem. It is not satire—it is meant to honor, not mock, the...