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Poetry Lesson Plans

Reality’s Peace
By: Eva Sierra
Literary Model: “I” by Kendrick Lamar
Lesson Plan: PDF icon sierra_realitys_peace.pdf
My Voice Matters
By: Eva Sierra
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon myvoicematters_sierra.pdf
Rocking a Long Poem: An Eight-Session Residency
By: Charlie Buck
Literary Model: Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Lesson Plan: PDF icon rockingalongpoem_buck.pdf
Odes to Ordinary Things
By: Judy Rose Sensibar
Literary Model: “The Patience of Ordinary Things” by Pat Schneider, “Hands” by Sarah Kaye
Lesson Plan: PDF icon odetoordinarythings_sensibar.pdf
A Multitude of Languages
By: Elizabeth Brown
Literary Model: “In the Midst of Songs” by Ofelia Zepeda, “Wind, Water, Stone” (“Viento, Agua, Piedra”) by Octavio Paz, “Never Alone” by Francisco X. Alarcón, and “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. Optional: a waka by Princess Shikishi (d. 1201)
Lesson Plan: PDF icon amultitudeoflanguages_ebrown.pdf
“Back When”: Writing About Our Past
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: “Testimonial” by Rita Dove
Lesson Plan: PDF icon backwhen_skanning.pdf
The Impudent Gaze: Claude Cahun’s Micro Poem
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: “I am in training, don’t kiss me” photograph by Claude Cahun
Lesson Plan: PDF icon theimpudentgaze_daws.pdf
Writing About Art
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan: PDF icon writingaboutart_skanning.pdf
Poetry Should Ride the Bus
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: “Poetry Should Ride the Bus” by Ruth Forman
Lesson Plan: PDF icon poetryshouldridethebus_skanning.pdf
The Future Sings
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: "What Does the Future Sing to You in Dreams?” by Angel Dominguez
Lesson Plan: PDF icon thefuturesings_skanning.pdf

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