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Poetry Lesson Plans

Poetry Podcast Host: Why I Picked this Poem
By: Aria Pahari
Literary Model:
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Underface
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: "Masks" and "Underface" by Shel Silverstein
Lesson Plan: PDF icon kanning_underface.pdf
Recess
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: "Recess" by Kealoha
Lesson Plan: PDF icon kanning_recess.pdf
Bilingual Encounters “In the Midst of Songs”: An Introductory Exploration of O’odham Words
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: Several poems by Ofelia Zepeda, including “Smoke in Our Hair,” “Proclamation,” “The Home of the Sacred” and, from UA Poetry Center’s Voca archive: "Ñeñe'i Ha-ṣa:gid / In the Midst of Songs"
Lesson Plan: PDF icon tjohnson_bilingualencounters.pdf
Divine Objects: Fold a Haiku-Themed Fortune-Teller
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: Haikus from 6th Annual Haiku Hike
Lesson Plan: PDF icon tjohnson_divineobjects.pdf
Make your own "You" Tube and "I like to watch" books
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon tjohnson_youtubebooks.pdf
On the Dignity of Gestures
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: “On the Dignity of Gestures” by Kimberly Blaeser
Lesson Plan: PDF icon johnson_onthedignityofgestures.pdf
Memory Poem: Poetry as a Time Capsule
By: Claire Hong
Literary Model: “The Cairo Apartments” by Safia Elhillo
Lesson Plan: PDF icon hong_memory_poem.pdf
Poetry and Our Community
By: Lourdes Leiner
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan: PDF icon leiner_poetry_and_our_community.pdf
Poetry and Our Dreams
By: Lourdes Leiner
Literary Model: "Dreams" by Langston Hughes
Lesson Plan: PDF icon leiner_poetry_and_our_dreams.pdf

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