About This Lesson
Assignment questions and context sheets to support the teaching of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience. Aligned to Common Core State Standard: W.9-10.3, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3
Grade Level
Grades 9-12
Resource Type
Handout, Worksheet
Standards Alignment
Common Core State Standards
License
Resources
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Blake_intro_sheet.doc
Blake_context_sheet.doc
Blake_essay_questions.doc
Standards
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
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This is a useful set of ideas. I especially like the context timeline - great for students who often struggle to imagine the past.