Poetry Lesson Plans
Color Poems
Literary Model: "Songalou” or poem created by the instructor
Lesson Plan:
colorpoems_cpotts.pdf
Literary Model: "Songalou” or poem created by the instructor
Lesson Plan:
colorpoems_cpotts.pdf
What We Carry: Poeming the Concrete and the Abstract, the Literal and the Metaphorical
Literary Model: "Things We Carry on the Sea" by Wang Ping
Lesson Plan: whatwecarry_loneill.pdf
Literary Model: "Things We Carry on the Sea" by Wang Ping
Lesson Plan:
whatwecarry_loneill.pdf
Finding Inspiration in Sound
Literary Model: None, but note that this lesson works well when paired with “Calling on Memory,” since some sounds may also inspire memory writing. A poem is included at the end as a closing activity, but it is not used as a model for their writing.
Lesson Plan: findinginspirationinsound_skanning.pdf
Literary Model: None, but note that this lesson works well when paired with “Calling on Memory,” since some sounds may also inspire memory writing. A poem is included at the end as a closing activity, but it is not used as a model for their writing.
Lesson Plan:
findinginspirationinsound_skanning.pdf
Calling on Memory
Literary Model: "Smoke in Our Hair" by Ofelia Zepeda
Lesson Plan: callingonmemory_skanning.pdf
Literary Model: "Smoke in Our Hair" by Ofelia Zepeda
Lesson Plan:
callingonmemory_skanning.pdf
The World Begins
Literary Model: “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo
Lesson Plan: theworldbegins_kanning.pdf
Literary Model: “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo
Lesson Plan:
theworldbegins_kanning.pdf
Favorite Animal Poems
Literary Model: The Tyger by William Blake
Lesson Plan: favoriteanimals_knelson.pdf
Literary Model: The Tyger by William Blake
Lesson Plan:
favoriteanimals_knelson.pdf
Holiday Shape Poems
Literary Model: "Here I Go Down Circle Road" by Shel Silverstein
Lesson Plan: holidayshapepoems_kristennelson.pdf
Literary Model: "Here I Go Down Circle Road" by Shel Silverstein
Lesson Plan:
holidayshapepoems_kristennelson.pdf