Poetry Lesson Plans
Letter to Younger/Future Self Poems
Literary Model: "Children Walk on Chairs to Cross a Flooded Schoolyard" by Patrick Rosal "from The Lost Letters of Frederick Douglass" by Evie Shockley
Lesson Plan:
letter_to_youngerfuture_self_poems.pdf
Literary Model: "Children Walk on Chairs to Cross a Flooded Schoolyard" by Patrick Rosal "from The Lost Letters of Frederick Douglass" by Evie Shockley
Lesson Plan:
letter_to_youngerfuture_self_poems.pdf
Nighttime
Literary Model: "Untitled" from Poetry Everywhere (optional, see attachment)
Lesson Plan: nighttime_.pdf, untitled_from_poetry_everywhere-2.pdf, in_the_night_-_worksheet_1.pdf, in_the_night_-_worksheet_2.pdf
Literary Model: "Untitled" from Poetry Everywhere (optional, see attachment)
Lesson Plan:
nighttime_.pdf, untitled_from_poetry_everywhere-2.pdf, in_the_night_-_worksheet_1.pdf, in_the_night_-_worksheet_2.pdf
"Carrying Our Words"
Literary Model: "Carrying Our Words" by Ofelia Zepeda
Lesson Plan: 22carryingourwords22.pdf
Literary Model: "Carrying Our Words" by Ofelia Zepeda
Lesson Plan:
22carryingourwords22.pdf
They Never Had It Made
Literary Model: "He Never Had It Made" by Nikki Finney
Lesson Plan: they_never_had_it_made.pdf
Literary Model: "He Never Had It Made" by Nikki Finney
Lesson Plan:
they_never_had_it_made.pdf
Promises to a River
Literary Model: "The Brook" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Lesson Plan: promisestoariver.pdf
Literary Model: "The Brook" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Lesson Plan:
promisestoariver.pdf
Soil and Rocks
Literary Model: Everyone Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Lesson Plan: soil_and_rocks_.pdf
Literary Model: Everyone Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Lesson Plan:
soil_and_rocks_.pdf
Scavenging for Words with Erasure
Literary Model: Mary Ruefle’s A Little White Shadow, excerpts taken from pages 9-11 and 15-18; and Hoa Nguyen’s poem “Autumn 2012 Poem” from Tells of the Crackling.
Lesson Plan: scavengingforwordswitherasure.pdf
Literary Model: Mary Ruefle’s A Little White Shadow, excerpts taken from pages 9-11 and 15-18; and Hoa Nguyen’s poem “Autumn 2012 Poem” from Tells of the Crackling.
Lesson Plan:
scavengingforwordswitherasure.pdf