Poetry Lesson Plans

Autobiographical and Archeological: A Poetry Lesson
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: Suzi F. Garcia’s “A Modified Villanelle for My Childhood” by Suzi F. Garcia
Lesson Plan: PDF icon autobiographicalarcheological_skanning.pdf
Voice, Speaker, and Audience
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: “Give Yourself Some Flowers” by Marcus Amakur
Lesson Plan: PDF icon voicespeakeraudience_skanning.pdf
Short Sensory Activity for K-5
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan: PDF icon sensoryactivity_kanning.pdf
Lost Words of the Desert
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: Excerpt from the Lost Words (see lesson plan .pdf)
Lesson Plan: PDF icon lostwordsofthedesert_kanning.pdf
Making a Poem Video
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: No
Lesson Plan: PDF icon makingapoemvideo_johnson.pdf
Juan Felipe Herrera’s “Papel Picado”
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon jfhpapelpicado_daws.pdf
Magic Recipe
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon magicrecipe_daws.pdf
A Poem About Joy
By: Teré Fowler-Chapman
Literary Model: "Sorrow Is Not My Name" by Ross Gay
Lesson Plan: PDF icon poemaboutjoy_fowlerchapman.pdf
Found Art Handmade Books
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon foundarthandmadebooks_tjohnson.pdf
Found Poetry from Student Conversations
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon foundpoetry_taylorjohnson.pdf

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