Poetry Lesson Plans
Erasure Poems, after “N-400 (an erasure)”
Literary Model: “N-400: an Erasure” by Laurel Chen
Lesson Plan:
erasurepoems_sierra.pdf
Literary Model: “N-400: an Erasure” by Laurel Chen
Lesson Plan:
erasurepoems_sierra.pdf
Drawing Dreamscapes / Writing from the Dreams of Friends
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: drawingdreamscapes_rosen.pdf
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan:
drawingdreamscapes_rosen.pdf
Humor at Halloween: My Broom, It Flew!
Literary Model: Student writing
Lesson Plan: humorathalloween_buck.pdf
Literary Model: Student writing
Lesson Plan:
humorathalloween_buck.pdf
Writing Bravely
Literary Model: “Mimesis” by Fady Joudah, “Insight” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, “We Love What We Have” by Mosab Abu-Toha
Lesson Plan: writingbravely_sierra.pdf
Literary Model: “Mimesis” by Fady Joudah, “Insight” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, “We Love What We Have” by Mosab Abu-Toha
Lesson Plan:
writingbravely_sierra.pdf
Writing Directions, Creative Mapping
Literary Model: “Directions To You” by Joy Harjo
Lesson Plan: directionstoyou_kanning.pdf
Literary Model: “Directions To You” by Joy Harjo
Lesson Plan:
directionstoyou_kanning.pdf
Remember This Planet
Literary Model: “Remember” by Joy Harjo
Lesson Plan: rememberthisplanet_daws.pdf
Literary Model: “Remember” by Joy Harjo
Lesson Plan:
rememberthisplanet_daws.pdf
What is Poetry? Modeling After Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Poem
Literary Model: “What is Poetry?” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lesson Plan: whatispoetry_johnson.pdf
Literary Model: “What is Poetry?” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lesson Plan:
whatispoetry_johnson.pdf
Making Little Poetry Books of Questions to a Nature Being
Literary Model: “Speaking Tree”, by Joy Harjo, “The Tyger” by William Blake, and Rose, Where Did you Get That Red? by Kenneth Koch
Lesson Plan: makinglittlepoetrybooks_johnson.pdf
Literary Model: “Speaking Tree”, by Joy Harjo, “The Tyger” by William Blake, and Rose, Where Did you Get That Red? by Kenneth Koch
Lesson Plan:
makinglittlepoetrybooks_johnson.pdf
If Wayne Lived in Tucson
Literary Model: “Wayne the Stegosaurus” by Kenn Nesbitt
Lesson Plan: ifwaynelivedintucson_sierra.pdf
Literary Model: “Wayne the Stegosaurus” by Kenn Nesbitt
Lesson Plan:
ifwaynelivedintucson_sierra.pdf