Poetry Lesson Plans
Capturing Children's Thoughts
Literary Model: Langston Hughes, Dennis Lee, Juan Felipe Herrera, Shel Silverstein
Lesson Plan:
Hughes-Langston_GillianJerome_Verse_Lesson_3(2).pdf
Literary Model: Langston Hughes, Dennis Lee, Juan Felipe Herrera, Shel Silverstein
Lesson Plan:
Hughes-Langston_GillianJerome_Verse_Lesson_3(2).pdf
Nonsense Knows
Literary Model: Jack Prelutsky, Pauline Clark, Theodore Roethke, Dennis Lee, Ogden Nash
Lesson Plan: Prelutsky-Jack_GillianJerome_Verse_Lesson_28.pdf
Literary Model: Jack Prelutsky, Pauline Clark, Theodore Roethke, Dennis Lee, Ogden Nash
Lesson Plan:
Prelutsky-Jack_GillianJerome_Verse_Lesson_28.pdf
Found News Poem
Literary Model: Poems from Sappho, Campbell McGrath, Guillaume Appolinaire, Eleni Sikelianos, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Mary Ruefle, John Gallaher
Lesson Plan: found-news-poemoct6.pdf
Literary Model: Poems from Sappho, Campbell McGrath, Guillaume Appolinaire, Eleni Sikelianos, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Mary Ruefle, John Gallaher
Lesson Plan:
found-news-poemoct6.pdf
Yoruba Legends: Southern Nigeria
Literary Model: Required Resources: “The Bat,” “The Water-Bird,” and “How Leopard Got his Spots” from Yoruba Legends, by M. I. Ogumefu, B.A.
Lesson Plan: yoruba-legends.pdf
Literary Model: Required Resources: “The Bat,” “The Water-Bird,” and “How Leopard Got his Spots” from Yoruba Legends, by M. I. Ogumefu, B.A.
Lesson Plan:
yoruba-legends.pdf
Bringing Household Items to Life
Literary Model: “The Revolt of the Utensils” (From Tacana, Bolivia) and “The Mouse King" (From Bolivia by Amalia de Ordónez), both from Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions edited by John Bierhorst.
Lesson Plan: bringing-household-items-to-life.pdf
Literary Model: “The Revolt of the Utensils” (From Tacana, Bolivia) and “The Mouse King" (From Bolivia by Amalia de Ordónez), both from Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions edited by John Bierhorst.
Lesson Plan:
bringing-household-items-to-life.pdf
Create Your Own Hero
Literary Model: "Li Chi Slays the Serpent" from Favorite Folktales From Around the World, Edited by Jane Yolen
Lesson Plan: create-your-own-hero.pdf
Literary Model: "Li Chi Slays the Serpent" from Favorite Folktales From Around the World, Edited by Jane Yolen
Lesson Plan:
create-your-own-hero.pdf
Ending a Famous Fairy Tale
Literary Model: "The Twelve Brothers" by the Brothers Grimm and "The Eleventh Brother" by Jean Valentine
Lesson Plan: ending-a-fairy-tale.pdf
Literary Model: "The Twelve Brothers" by the Brothers Grimm and "The Eleventh Brother" by Jean Valentine
Lesson Plan:
ending-a-fairy-tale.pdf
Take a Breath, Steal Some Time
Literary Model: Basho and Issa, translated by Robert Hass and Sam Hamill
Lesson Plan: take_a_breath_steal_some_time.pdf
Literary Model: Basho and Issa, translated by Robert Hass and Sam Hamill
Lesson Plan:
take_a_breath_steal_some_time.pdf
Making Your Magical Creature's Story
Literary Model: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Lesson Plan: magical_creatures_story.pdf
Literary Model: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Lesson Plan:
magical_creatures_story.pdf
Making a Magical Creature's Land
Literary Model: The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien
Lesson Plan: magical_creatures_land.pdf
Literary Model: The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien
Lesson Plan:
magical_creatures_land.pdf