Poetry Lesson Plans
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
Baby, You're a Firework: Making Meaning through Metaphor (and Simile) in Songwriting
Literary Model: "Firework" by Katy Perry
Lesson Plan: baby_youre_a_firework_.pdf
Literary Model: "Firework" by Katy Perry
Lesson Plan:
baby_youre_a_firework_.pdf
Writing to Ourselves: Using the Epistolary Form for Reflection and Dreaming
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan: writing_to_our_past_and_future_selves.pdf
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan:
writing_to_our_past_and_future_selves.pdf
Imagining a House
Literary Model: “If I Lived in That House” by Joseph McGeschick (in worksheet attachment)
Lesson Plan: imaginingahouse.pdf, houseworksheet.pdf
Literary Model: “If I Lived in That House” by Joseph McGeschick (in worksheet attachment)
Lesson Plan:
imaginingahouse.pdf, houseworksheet.pdf
Similes and Standing Fish
Literary Model: "The Standing Fish" by You Ruoxin
Lesson Plan: similes_with_standing_fish.pdf
Literary Model: "The Standing Fish" by You Ruoxin
Lesson Plan:
similes_with_standing_fish.pdf