Poetry Lesson Plans

Where My Dreams Live
By: Teré Fowler-Chapman
Literary Model: "Dreams" by Langston Hughes
Lesson Plan: PDF icon wheremydreamslive_fowlerchapman.pdf
Man Ray Poetry
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: "Decanter" from Revolving Doors by Man Ray
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Body Part Rhapsody: Teaching Metaphor to Young Writers
By: Matisse Rosen
Literary Model: This lesson plan borrows its comparison teaching framework from exercises outlined in Beyond Words: Writing Poems with Children, a text by Elizabeth McKim and Judith Steinbergh.
Lesson Plan: PDF icon bodypartrhapsody_rosen.pdf
Expansion and the 5 Ws
By: Sophie Daws
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Lesson Plan: PDF icon expansionandthe5ws_daws.pdf
The Cut-Up: Revision as Experimentation
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon thecutup_daws.pdf
Refrains in Poetry: Power, Healing, and Safety (Look Like)
By: Eva Sierra
Literary Model: “Home is a Poem” by Leo Herrera and Eva Sierra
Lesson Plan: PDF icon refrainsinpoetry_sierra.pdf
It’s A Journey
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: "A Journey" by Nikki Giovanni
Lesson Plan: PDF icon itsajourney_kanning.pdf
Quarantine Poems
By: Chalese Potts
Literary Model: “The Quarantine’s Other Heroes” by Wanda Balzano
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Honoring Both the Occasion and the Poet in Occasional Poetry
By: Sophie Daws
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Indoor Weather Poems
By: Chalese "Chay the Poet" Potts
Literary Model: None
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