Poetry Lesson Plans
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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Favorite Animal Poems
Literary Model: The Tyger by William Blake
Lesson Plan:
favoriteanimals_knelson.pdf
Literary Model: The Tyger by William Blake
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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
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Place Poems
Literary Model: "A Few Rules for Predicting the Future" by Octavia Butler
Lesson Plan:
place_poems.pdf
Literary Model: "A Few Rules for Predicting the Future" by Octavia Butler
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Letter to Younger/Future Self Poems
Literary Model: "Children Walk on Chairs to Cross a Flooded Schoolyard" by Patrick Rosal "from The Lost Letters of Frederick Douglass" by Evie Shockley
Lesson Plan:
letter_to_youngerfuture_self_poems.pdf
Literary Model: "Children Walk on Chairs to Cross a Flooded Schoolyard" by Patrick Rosal "from The Lost Letters of Frederick Douglass" by Evie Shockley
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Nighttime
Literary Model: "Untitled" from Poetry Everywhere (optional, see attachment)
Lesson Plan:
nighttime_.pdf,
untitled_from_poetry_everywhere-2.pdf,
in_the_night_-_worksheet_1.pdf,
in_the_night_-_worksheet_2.pdf
Literary Model: "Untitled" from Poetry Everywhere (optional, see attachment)
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