Abbreviated Lesson Plan
Objective: Students will be able to better understand Martin Espada's poem, "Jorge The Church Janitor Finally Quits" by reflecting on times in their lives when they felt invisible. CCSS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 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. Activities: 1. Students will do a quick-write about a time they felt isolated, alone, or invisible. They will then be invited to share out. 2. Students will listen to the poem while jotting down their thoughts on a printed out copy of the poem. 3. Teacher will read the poem out loud, stopping intermittently to allow students voices to be heard by letting them share their opinion, whether it be "up" or "down." 4. After the re-read is done, students will have a chance to share out on their opinions of the poem and h...