The Beat Movement: Poem Analysis

Instructional Outline:
Lesson 1: Instructional Goal; Historical context and introduction to the Beat Movement:
Day 1:
3-5 Min: Attendance and daily tasks, Bell Ringer Bell Ringer: Answer the following questions:
· Can poetry help us in a personal way?
· What ways can a poet affect society, if at all?
5 Min: Discuss as a class
3-5 Min Student will be informed of the end of unit project.
40 Min: Video: The Beat Generation- The Source; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6JqjCB_7_I
*Letter will need to go home, informing parents of some strong language in the documentary and allowing the student to opt out of the video. Alternate Assignment is made available to any student that opts out.
Homework: Journal Response;
· Respond to the quote, “The so-called …show more content…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0aJMtkPX-g
5-10 Min: Class discussion, essential questions for “Hay for the Horse”
· What does the poem say, what’s the message?
· What purpose does the poem serve?
15-20 Min: Small group Activity; compare and contrast “Howl” and “Hay for the Horse”
5-10 Min: Journal Response:
· Reflect on “Hay for the Horses” and answer the essential questions independently.
Lesson 3: Instructional Goal: Characteristics of Confessional Poetry, and the unit essential questions on the following pomes
· “Next Day” Randall Jarrell
· “Mirror”, Sylvia Plath pg 883 McDougal Little language of literature
· “Self in 1958”, Anne Sexton, pg 885 McDougal Little language of literature
· “Sitting Outside” , William De Witt Snodgrass
Day 4
3-5 Min: Attendance and daily tasks, Move into small groups
10 Min: Introduction video on Confessional poetry; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDlq72_1JQo
5 Min: Discussion on characteristics of confessional poetry
· First person Narration
· Intimate subject matter
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