Poetry Lesson Plans

Out of the Shade and Into the Sun: Teaching Gwendolyn Brooks’ “truth”
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: “truth” by Gwendolyn Brooks
Lesson Plan: PDF icon outoftheshade_daws.pdf
Trash is Beautiful Too: Teaching William Carlos Williams’ “Between Walls”
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: “Between Walls” by William Carlos Williams
Lesson Plan: PDF icon trashisbeautifultoo_daws.pdf
Joy, You Know How I Feel
By: Judy Rose Sensibar
Literary Model: "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone
Lesson Plan: PDF icon joyyouknowhowifeel_sensibar_2.pdf
Home Is…
By: Eva Sierra
Literary Model: “The Tropics in New York” by Claude McKay
Lesson Plan: PDF icon homeis._sierra.pdf
Erasure Poems, after “N-400 (an erasure)”
By: Eva Sierra
Literary Model: “N-400: an Erasure” by Laurel Chen
Lesson Plan: PDF icon erasurepoems_sierra.pdf
Drawing Dreamscapes / Writing from the Dreams of Friends
By: Matisse Rosen
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon drawingdreamscapes_rosen.pdf
Humor at Halloween: My Broom, It Flew!
By: Charlie Buck
Literary Model: Student writing
Lesson Plan: PDF icon humorathalloween_buck.pdf
Writing Bravely
By: Eva Sierra
Literary Model: “Mimesis” by Fady Joudah, “Insight” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, “We Love What We Have” by Mosab Abu-Toha
Lesson Plan: PDF icon writingbravely_sierra.pdf
Writing Directions, Creative Mapping
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: “Directions To You” by Joy Harjo
Lesson Plan: PDF icon directionstoyou_kanning.pdf
Remember This Planet
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: “Remember” by Joy Harjo
Lesson Plan: PDF icon rememberthisplanet_daws.pdf

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