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Poetry Lesson Plans

Velvet Mesquite
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: “Velvet mesquite” by Eric Magrane
Lesson Plan: PDF icon velvetmesquite_kanning.pdf
The Poetics of Food & Labor
By: Wren Goblirsch
Literary Model: Cheshire Tongkat interview, "Dirt" by Gary Soto, "Lessons" by Jacqueline Woodson
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Ingredient Odes
By: Wren Goblirsch
Literary Model: "Dragon Fruit," by Aimee Nezhukumatathil; "The Traveling Onion" by Naomi Shihab Nye; "ode to coffee / oda al café" by Urayoán Noel
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Power of naming: a nonet writing prompt
By: Chalese "Chay the Poet" Potts
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Sing to the Sky, Sing to the Earth
By: Raquel Gutiérrez
Literary Model: "Carrying Our Words," Ofelia Zepeda
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Poetry Memes!
By: Gabriel Dozal
Literary Model: “Do Memes and Poetry have Anything in Common?”
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Garden Chant Poems
By: Wren Awry
Literary Model: "My Garden Poem"
Lesson Plan: PDF icon gardenchantpoems_wawry.pdf
A Culinary Rainbow
By: Wren Goblirsch
Literary Model: Green is a Chile Pepper by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illustrated by John Parra
Lesson Plan: PDF icon culinaryrainbow_wawry.pdf
Actividad de escritura de excursión para grados 4to a 6to (2019-2021): Metáforas de animales del desierto
By: Wren Goblirsch
Literary Model: “Bestiario del desierto, soneto uno” por Alberto Ríos (ver el poema abajo)
Lesson Plan: PDF icon animalmetaphors_lessonplan_spanish.pdf
Actividad de escritura de excursión para grados 7mo a 12vo (2019-2021): “La frontera: un soneto doble”
By: Wren Awry
Literary Model: “La frontera: un soneto doble” por Alberto Ríos
Lesson Plan: PDF icon theborderadoublesonnet_lessonplan_spanish.pdf

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