Lesson plan nine

Great Depression Poems

(Thursday 2
nd
week)

Objectives: Students will analyze and assess the Great Depression poem.
Students will also identify and concluded the meaning of the poem. They
will compose a poem on either the G.D. or N.D. as if they live through the
G.D.

Common Core Standards
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/finalelaccssstandards.pdf.
RH Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 612

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and
secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of
the information.

2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary
source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas
develop over the course of the text.

3. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a
text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic
aspects of history/social science.

Technology Standards http://www.iste.org/.

2. Communication and collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and
work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual
learning and contribute to the learning of others.

c. Develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging
with learners of other cultures.

3.Research and information fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use
information from a variety of sources and media.

Material needed for this lesson plan
iPad
Google search poem
Pome question sheet
Teacher email
Ms.cruzn@gmail.com


Teachers
preparations/instruction
Students activities/assignments
Step 1: In the beginning of class
as the students are coming in the
teacher will stand by the
entrance. Teacher will instruct
students to get in their groups.

Step 2 Teacher will instruct
groups to send on person of
their group to get the iPads.

Step 3: As students are getting
ipads teacher will take role.
Teacher will instruct students to
download the questions to help
them analyze the poem.

Step 4: Teacher will give
students the option to use the
RQ code or go copy the URL.
The name of the poem is The
Magpie by Robert S. Warshow

Step 5: As a group they will
answer the questions but they
will work on their question
sheet individually. I will meet
Step 1: Students will listen to the
teachers instruction as they walk into the
classroom. Students will get to groups.

Step 2: a student from the groups will get
the iPads and pass them out to group.

Step 3: Students will sign into their
Google accounts and on to their Google
doc download the questions to help them
analyze the poem.

Step4: Students search for poems my
copying the URL or QR code
http://newdeal.feri.org/magpie/docs/
3206p30.htm

with each group to asses how
they are doing.

Step 6: Teacher will bring the
class and will discuss the poem
with the class. Students will
email their poem question sheets
to email.
A. What id you find
interesting in the poem?
B. How is the writer feeling?
C. What does he mean by
Garden of wasted
thing?
D. What does he mean by
the bitter ghost?
E. What did he mean by
laughter that had died for
lack of bread?






Step 5: Students will participate in the
class discussion. Students will email their
poem question sheet to teacher.




















Rubric for assessing the poem
1 2 3 4 5

Assessing
the Poem

Student has
only
answered
on to two
questions.
Has not
details or
facts
supporting
answer.

Students
will have
two to
three
questions.
Gives
examples of
what they
think the
poem
means. Has
one fact
supporting
their
answer.

Students
have all
four
questions
answered.
Only three
of the
answers
have facts
and details
supporting
answer.
Also
examples of
what they
think the
poem
means and
part of the
poem they
are
assessing.

Students
have all
four
questions
answered.
All the
answers
have facts
and details
supporting
answer.
Examples of
what they
think the
poems
means and
part of the
poem they
are
assessing.
They will
also have a
conclusion
of what
they author
and the
people were
feeling
during this
era.












Name:

Pome questions



What part of the poem did you find interesting in the poem and why?




How is the writer feeling? (evidence)








What does he mean by Garden of wasted thing?






What does he mean by the bitter ghost?





What did he mean by laughter that had died for lack of bread?


References

Warshow S, Robert. (1933) The Magpie.
http://newdeal.feri.org/magpie/docs/3206p30.htm.