Poetry Lesson Plans

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
Memoir Writing About Personal Photos
By: Taylor Johnson
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: PDF icon memoirwritingaboutpersonalphotos_tjohnson.pdf
“Jabberwocky” in Clay: Making Monsters and Writing About Them
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carrol
Lesson Plan: PDF icon jabberwocky_tjohnson_2.pdf
Healing Is…
By: Eva Sierra
Literary Model: “axolotl” by Ire’ne Lara Silvia
Lesson Plan: PDF icon healingis_sierra.pdf
Reality’s Peace
By: Eva Sierra
Literary Model: “I” by Kendrick Lamar
Lesson Plan: PDF icon sierra_realitys_peace.pdf
My Voice Matters
By: Eva Sierra
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon myvoicematters_sierra.pdf

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