Poetry Lesson Plans
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
Imagery with Unicorns
Literary Model: "While Riding an Elephant, I Think of Unicorns" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Lesson Plan: imagery_with_unicorns.pdf
Literary Model: "While Riding an Elephant, I Think of Unicorns" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Lesson Plan:
imagery_with_unicorns.pdf
Things I Didn’t Know I Loved
Literary Model: Nazim Hikmet's poem, "Things I Didn’t Know I Loved" and/or Norman Dubie's poem, "A List"
Lesson Plan: things_i_didnt_know_i_loved.pdf
Literary Model: Nazim Hikmet's poem, "Things I Didn’t Know I Loved" and/or Norman Dubie's poem, "A List"
Lesson Plan:
things_i_didnt_know_i_loved.pdf
Up Above My Head I Hear Music: Using the Form of Blues Songs to Make Poems
Literary Model: "Up Above My Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Lesson Plan: blues_songs.pdf
Literary Model: "Up Above My Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Lesson Plan:
blues_songs.pdf
Dear Blue, Dear Opal, Dear Magenta: Writing Epistolary Poems to Every Color of the Rainbow
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan: epistolary_poems_to_colors.pdf
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan:
epistolary_poems_to_colors.pdf