About This Lesson
By reading and re-reading the poem, closely combining paired and full classroom discussion about it, and writing about it, students come to an appreciation of the need to (a) re-read, paraphrase, and discuss ideas, (b) achieve an accurate basic understanding level of a text, (c) achieve an accurate interpretive understanding of a text, and (d) build a coherent piece of writing that both constructs and communicates solid understanding of text. Aligned to CCSS: RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.6, RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.6, RH.6-8.10, W.8.1,W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.6, SL.8.1, L.8.1