Poetry Lesson Plans
They Never Had It Made
Literary Model: "He Never Had It Made" by Nikki Finney
Lesson Plan:
they_never_had_it_made.pdf
Literary Model: "He Never Had It Made" by Nikki Finney
Lesson Plan:
they_never_had_it_made.pdf
Promises to a River
Literary Model: "The Brook" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Lesson Plan: promisestoariver.pdf
Literary Model: "The Brook" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Lesson Plan:
promisestoariver.pdf
Soil and Rocks
Literary Model: Everyone Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Lesson Plan: soil_and_rocks_.pdf
Literary Model: Everyone Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Lesson Plan:
soil_and_rocks_.pdf
Scavenging for Words with Erasure
Literary Model: Mary Ruefle’s A Little White Shadow, excerpts taken from pages 9-11 and 15-18; and Hoa Nguyen’s poem “Autumn 2012 Poem” from Tells of the Crackling.
Lesson Plan: scavengingforwordswitherasure.pdf
Literary Model: Mary Ruefle’s A Little White Shadow, excerpts taken from pages 9-11 and 15-18; and Hoa Nguyen’s poem “Autumn 2012 Poem” from Tells of the Crackling.
Lesson Plan:
scavengingforwordswitherasure.pdf
Thanks Be To All Things: A Gratitude Workshop
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan: thanks_be_to_all_the_things_a_gratitude_workshop.pdf
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan:
thanks_be_to_all_the_things_a_gratitude_workshop.pdf
Exploring the Five Senses Through Metaphor
Literary Model: Wallace Steven’s poem “Someone Puts a Pineapple Together” from Rose, Where Did You get that Red? by Kenneth Koch
Lesson Plan: exploringthefivesensesthroughmetaphor.pdf
Literary Model: Wallace Steven’s poem “Someone Puts a Pineapple Together” from Rose, Where Did You get that Red? by Kenneth Koch
Lesson Plan:
exploringthefivesensesthroughmetaphor.pdf
Animal, May I Borrow ...?
Literary Model: "Cobra, Can I?" by 5th graders at Manzo Elementary (see lesson plan .pdf)
Lesson Plan: animalmayiborrow-charliebuck.pdf
Literary Model: "Cobra, Can I?" by 5th graders at Manzo Elementary (see lesson plan .pdf)
Lesson Plan:
animalmayiborrow-charliebuck.pdf
I Am Not Poems
Literary Model: "My Name is Hiwot" by Hiwot Adilow and "My Honest Poem" by Rudy Francisco
Lesson Plan: i_am_not_poems.pdf
Literary Model: "My Name is Hiwot" by Hiwot Adilow and "My Honest Poem" by Rudy Francisco
Lesson Plan:
i_am_not_poems.pdf