Poetry Lesson Plans

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
In 100 Years
By: Eva Maria Sierra
Literary Model: “Future Memories” by Mario Meléndez, translated by Eloisa Amezcua
Lesson Plan: PDF icon sierra_in_100_years.pdf
Persona Poems
By: Elizabeth Brown
Literary Model: Ted Kooser’s “Look for Me,” Louise Gluck’s “The Wild Iris,” and (optional) the first stanza of Sarah Teasdale’s “Desert Pools”
Lesson Plan: PDF icon brown_persona_poems.pdf
Making the Invisible Visible
By: Elizabeth Brown
Literary Model: Emily Dickinson’s “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” and Robert Burns’ “A Red, Red Rose.” Sometimes I add (especially for younger students) “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” and if there’s time—or for another class that builds on this one—use Naimi Shahib Nye’s “Kindness.”
Lesson Plan: PDF icon brown_making_the_invisible_visible.pdf
Haiku Hike
By: Judy Rose Sensibar
Literary Model: Photograph and haiku by Enrique Aldana (found in this lesson)
Lesson Plan: PDF icon sensibar_haiku_hike.pdf
Personifying Nature
By: Judy Rose Sensibar
Literary Model: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
Lesson Plan: PDF icon sensibar_personifying_nature.pdf
Monsterland (aka Exquisite Corpse)
By: Jesse Cramer
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon cramer_monsterland.pdf
Animal Day
By: Jesse Cramer
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon cramer_animal_day.pdf
Questions for the Sky
By: Eva Sierra
Literary Model: “Sky” by Cecelia Nuñez
Lesson Plan: PDF icon sierra_questions_for_the_sky.pdf

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