Poetry Lesson Plans
Memoir Writing About Personal Photos
Literary Model: “I Go Back to May 1937” by Sharon Olds could be read as an example of a piece (in this case a poem) that highlights the tension between a more objective description of an image and revealing subjective insights, feelings, or stories behind the image.
Lesson Plan:
memoirwritingaboutpersonalphotos_tjohnson.pdf
Literary Model: “I Go Back to May 1937” by Sharon Olds could be read as an example of a piece (in this case a poem) that highlights the tension between a more objective description of an image and revealing subjective insights, feelings, or stories behind the image.
Lesson Plan:
memoirwritingaboutpersonalphotos_tjohnson.pdf
“Jabberwocky” in Clay: Making Monsters and Writing About Them
Literary Model: “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carrol
Lesson Plan: jabberwocky_tjohnson_2.pdf
Literary Model: “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carrol
Lesson Plan:
jabberwocky_tjohnson_2.pdf
Rocking a Long Poem: An Eight-Session Residency
Literary Model: Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Lesson Plan: rockingalongpoem_buck.pdf
Literary Model: Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Lesson Plan:
rockingalongpoem_buck.pdf
Odes to Ordinary Things
Literary Model: “The Patience of Ordinary Things” by Pat Schneider, “Hands” by Sarah Kaye
Lesson Plan: odetoordinarythings_sensibar.pdf
Literary Model: “The Patience of Ordinary Things” by Pat Schneider, “Hands” by Sarah Kaye
Lesson Plan:
odetoordinarythings_sensibar.pdf
A Multitude of Languages
Literary Model: “In the Midst of Songs” by Ofelia Zepeda, “Wind, Water, Stone” (“Viento, Agua, Piedra”) by Octavio Paz, “Never Alone” by Francisco X. Alarcón, and “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. Optional: a waka by Princess Shikishi (d. 1201)
Lesson Plan: amultitudeoflanguages_ebrown.pdf
Literary Model: “In the Midst of Songs” by Ofelia Zepeda, “Wind, Water, Stone” (“Viento, Agua, Piedra”) by Octavio Paz, “Never Alone” by Francisco X. Alarcón, and “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. Optional: a waka by Princess Shikishi (d. 1201)
Lesson Plan:
amultitudeoflanguages_ebrown.pdf
“Back When”: Writing About Our Past
Literary Model: “Testimonial” by Rita Dove
Lesson Plan: backwhen_skanning.pdf
Literary Model: “Testimonial” by Rita Dove
Lesson Plan:
backwhen_skanning.pdf
The Impudent Gaze: Claude Cahun’s Micro Poem
Literary Model: “I am in training, don’t kiss me” photograph by Claude Cahun
Lesson Plan: theimpudentgaze_daws.pdf
Literary Model: “I am in training, don’t kiss me” photograph by Claude Cahun
Lesson Plan:
theimpudentgaze_daws.pdf