Poetry Lesson Plans
Making Sense
Literary Model: Bernadette Mayer’s “Very Strong February”
Lesson Plan:
hong_making_sense.pdf
Literary Model: Bernadette Mayer’s “Very Strong February”
Lesson Plan:
hong_making_sense.pdf
Ekphrasis Poem
Literary Model: Frank O’Hara’s “Why I am Not a Painter”
Lesson Plan: hong_ekphrasis_poem.pdf
Literary Model: Frank O’Hara’s “Why I am Not a Painter”
Lesson Plan:
hong_ekphrasis_poem.pdf
Writing Anger and Other Intense Emotions: Part 2
Literary Model: Ode to Anger by Marilyn Chin
Lesson Plan: kanning_writing_anger_part_2.pdf
Literary Model: Ode to Anger by Marilyn Chin
Lesson Plan:
kanning_writing_anger_part_2.pdf
Writing Anger and Other Intense Emotions: Part 1
Literary Model: War Within Myself by Daniel K. (included within the .PDF of this lesson plan)
Lesson Plan: kanning_writing_anger_part_1.docx_.pdf
Literary Model: War Within Myself by Daniel K. (included within the .PDF of this lesson plan)
Lesson Plan:
kanning_writing_anger_part_1.docx_.pdf
Poetry Podcast Host: Why I Picked this Poem
Literary Model: Ada Limón's episode of the Poetry Centered podcast.
Lesson Plan: pahari_poetry_podcast_host.pdf
Literary Model: Ada Limón's episode of the Poetry Centered podcast.
Lesson Plan:
pahari_poetry_podcast_host.pdf
Underface
Literary Model: "Masks" and "Underface" by Shel Silverstein
Lesson Plan: kanning_underface.pdf
Literary Model: "Masks" and "Underface" by Shel Silverstein
Lesson Plan:
kanning_underface.pdf
Bilingual Encounters “In the Midst of Songs”: An Introductory Exploration of O’odham Words
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: tjohnson_bilingualencounters.pdf
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:
tjohnson_bilingualencounters.pdf