Mr Josh Cauhorn / English 11 Honors 1

Unit: Modernism
Lesson: 5 – Imagism 2 – Introduce Poem Packet and William Carlos Williams
Length: 35 mins

IDOE Standards Covered

Standard 3: READING: Comprehension and Analysis of Literary Text
Students read and respond to grade-level appropriate historically or culturally significant
works of literature that reflect and enhance their study of history and social science.

11.3.5 Analyze or evaluate works of literary or cultural significance in history (American,

English, or world) that:
• reflect a variety of genres in each of the respective historical periods.
• were written by important authors in the respective major historical periods.
• reveal contrasts in major themes, styles, and trends.
• reflect or shed light on the seminal philosophical, religious, social, political, or
ethical ideas of their time.

Standard 4 WRITING: Processes and Features

Students write coherent and focused texts that show a well-defined point of view and
tightly reasoned argument. The writing demonstrates students’ progression through the
stages of the writing process (prewriting, writing, editing, and revising).

11.4.1 Discuss ideas for writing with classmates, teachers, and other writers.
11.4.2 Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of discourse, such as purpose,
speaker, audience, and form, when completing narrative, expository, persuasive, or
descriptive writing assignments.
11.4.3 Use point of view, characterization, style, and related elements for specific
narrative and aesthetic (artistic) purposes.

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the student will be able to:
1. Compose a haiku poem.
1.1 Explain not only the format of haiku, but also common themes.
2. Compose personal cinquain poems.
2.1 Employ vibrant adjectives and verbs in description of a person or object.
3. Compose a poem based on the Imagism movement.
3.1 Explain key ideas of Imagism.

Procedure
-Ask students to get a textbook on the way in.

0-15 mins // Work on Williams Carlos Williams

• Go through his poems “Spring and All” and “This is Just to Say”
○ for each stanza read, write down each sense used and the words
associated
○ note the personification, and ask what function this holds for the reader
 ○ In “This is Just to Say,” note the fact that the image is created in the
reader’s head and is not noted in the poem. He avoids creating any kind of
image himself.
○ Why is this poem within Imagism?

15-46 mins // Go to computer lab, work on Poem Packet

• Introduce poem packet in room
• Go to Room 117 (Reed)
• Haiku will be covered tomorrow.

Materials Needed

-Textbooks

Formative Assessment

The poems that they write will provide proof of concepts.

Learning Styles

• intrapersonal (poetry)
• interpersonal (poetry workshop-Thurs)
• visual/spatial (ad picture poem)
• linguistic (lecture over William Carlos Williams)

Accommodations

None, as these are advanced students.

Resources

Textbook