Phillis Wheatley: Get to Know Black American Poet Phillis Wheatley in Her Poem

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6th - 9th, Homeschool

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U.S. History, Black History Month, Women's History Month

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CCSSRL.7.2

CCSSRL.7.4

CCSSRL.7.5

CCSSRL.7.10

CCSSRH.6-8.4

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Phillis Wheatley is one of the best poets to arise in America. Her poems incorporate beautiful language and amazing descriptions. They offer a chance to get to know this inspiring, pre-revolutionary Black American Woman poet. Whether you want to incorporate this lesson with your Black History Month material, your Women's History lessons, poetry lessons, or colonial period history lesson, this poetry analysis will fit with them all.

Students will learn some background on Wheatley, including her tragically short life, but also see her determination to get her words published.

Students will interact with words they have not seen before, building their vocabulary but also exploring historical context, such as the lack of spelling standardization for certain words. They will then walk through a basic poetry analysis, experiencing the beauty of Phillis Wheatley's words for themselves.

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CCSSRL.7.2

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSSRL.7.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

CCSSRL.7.5

Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.

CCSSRL.7.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

CCSSRH.6-8.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

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