I Hear The School Singing
I Hear The School Singing
I Hear The School Singing
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Summary
AP Literature students will read and analyze Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing." Followin
some warm-up activities, students will observe an outdoor marching band practice in the schoo
stadium in order to gather observational details for a poetry activity. On the second day of the
students will use their observational notes from the previous day in order to create a draft of th
observational poem about the marching band.
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Subject: English
Goal Goal 1 : The student will demonstrate the ability to respond to a text by empl
personal experiences and critical analysis.
Expectation 1.3 : The student will explain and give evidence to support perception
about print and non-print works.
Indicator 1.3.3 : The student will identify features of language that create voice an
tone.
Indicator 1.3.5 : The student will explain how common and universal experiences
Standard 1.: Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an
understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and
world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society
the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfic
classic and contemporary works.
Standard 11.: Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and criti
members of a variety of literacy communities.
Lesson Objective(s)
Affective Objectives
Students will garner an appreciation for language and expression through personal writing.
Students will discover and question their roles in the larger community.
Students will share their literary voices in a supporting, safe literary community.
Students will have five minutes to look around the room, pick two or three things that interest
and describe them using rich, descriptive language
The instructor can model what the activity by picking an object in the room and describing it ou
using the kind of language you would like to see in their work.
Teaching / Activities
Day One
1. Students will read Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" individually. Following the readin
students will discuss the following questions: "Define the singing in the poem and justify your p
on the 'song,'" "Determine if the singing is a literal or figurative singing--how do you know?"
"Generate three discussion questions in order to further the class' discussion."
2. Following the discussion, students will use the remainder of the class period to observe an ou
marching band practice. The students are required to observe one particular member of the ba
then observe the band as a whole. They are to collect sensory details that can later be used to
develop and observational poem. The students will have to think about how the band as a whol
about what its doing; students must also capture how they personally feel and construct their
reaction through their poems.
3. Students will be escorted back into the building and will share their descriptions with a partn
student who is NOT sharing must develop questions about what is not clear in their partner's w
Day Two
1. After reading and analyzing the poems, ask your students to go back to their notes about th
person (people) they observed and revise them. They should also pay attention to the way the
thought their people felt, and the way they felt about their person.
Ask your students to write a short poem describing the person (people) including how and why
sing. Ask them to make sure their song reflects how they feel about their people.
2. Students will use the class period to write and workshop thier poems.
Closure
Differentiated Instruction
Each of these students in this specific AP Literature class are classified as advanced learners the
I build these rigorous activites in order to challenge them from the normal classroom discussion
they have already seemed to manipulate.
ASSESSMENT / EVALUATION
Assessment/Rubrics
Each student's poem and observational notes will be used as a formative grade.