Poetry Lesson Plans
The Fish as Dream Bedroom
Literary Model: “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop
Lesson Plan: the_fish_as_dream_bedroom.pdf
Literary Model: “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop
Lesson Plan: the_fish_as_dream_bedroom.pdf
Writing a Eulogy Poem
Literary Model: Sherman Alexie's "Eulogy" Lisa O'Neill's "My Journal Was a Hiding Place"
Lesson Plan: writingaeulogypoem-lisaoneill.pdf, definitionsfortheday.pdf
Literary Model: Sherman Alexie's "Eulogy" Lisa O'Neill's "My Journal Was a Hiding Place"
Lesson Plan: writingaeulogypoem-lisaoneill.pdf, definitionsfortheday.pdf
My shoulder is shimmery, broken pieces of dust
Literary Model: "Legacy" by Maurice Kenny or student example poems
Lesson Plan: my_shoulder_is_shimmery_broken_pieces_of_dust.pdf
Literary Model: "Legacy" by Maurice Kenny or student example poems
Lesson Plan: my_shoulder_is_shimmery_broken_pieces_of_dust.pdf
Metaphor Madness
Literary Model: "Words are Birds" by Francisco X. Alarcón
Lesson Plan: metaphormadness-saraiyakanning.pdf
Literary Model: "Words are Birds" by Francisco X. Alarcón
Lesson Plan: metaphormadness-saraiyakanning.pdf
Witnesses of Birth: Imagining the Beginning of a Character
Literary Model: “Birth Witness” by Ofelia Zepeda
Lesson Plan: birthwitnesslessonplan-saraiyakanning.pdf
Literary Model: “Birth Witness” by Ofelia Zepeda
Lesson Plan: birthwitnesslessonplan-saraiyakanning.pdf
If You Find Yourself
Literary Model: "If You Find Yourself On a Houseboat" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Lesson Plan: ifyoufindyourself-rachelmindell.pdf
Literary Model: "If You Find Yourself On a Houseboat" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Lesson Plan: ifyoufindyourself-rachelmindell.pdf
Landscapes
Literary Model: "Detail of the Woods" by Richard Siken
Lesson Plan: landscapes-saraiyakanning.pdf
Literary Model: "Detail of the Woods" by Richard Siken
Lesson Plan: landscapes-saraiyakanning.pdf
My Name Is...
Literary Model: "allegory of the black man at work in a synagogue" by Roger Bonair-Agard
Lesson Plan: my_name_is.pdf
Literary Model: "allegory of the black man at work in a synagogue" by Roger Bonair-Agard
Lesson Plan: my_name_is.pdf
Poetry in Performance: An Introduction
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan: poetry_in_performance-an_introduction.pdf
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan: poetry_in_performance-an_introduction.pdf