Lesson Plan

Grade 12 ELA Module 1, Unit 2, Lesson 6

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The final instructional activity in this narrative writing unit asks class members to craft a multi-paragraph essay reflecting on the structural elements Leslie Marmon Silko employs in her "Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit."

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • Permit writers to use all their worksheets as a source of evidence to support their assertions in their essays
Classroom Considerations
  • The final episode of a six-lesson narrative writing unit that uses Leslie Marmon Silko's "Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit" as an anchor text
  • The writing strand in the unit focuses on techniques class members can employ as they develop their narrative for the Common Application prompt
Pros
  • The 15-page packet includes the writing prompt, a model essay, an essay rubric, and an essay checklist
Cons
  • The activity presumes class members have experience crafting in-class, timed essays