The Poetry Center is open Tuesday - Friday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm and Saturdays from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.Visit

Poetry Lesson Plans

Lost Words of the Desert
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: Excerpt from the Lost Words (see lesson plan .pdf)
Lesson Plan: PDF icon lostwordsofthedesert_kanning.pdf
Making a Poem Video
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: No
Lesson Plan: PDF icon makingapoemvideo_johnson.pdf
Juan Felipe Herrera’s “Papel Picado”
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon jfhpapelpicado_daws.pdf
Magic Recipe
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon magicrecipe_daws.pdf
A Poem About Joy
By: Teré Fowler-Chapman
Literary Model: "Sorrow Is Not My Name" by Ross Gay
Lesson Plan: PDF icon poemaboutjoy_fowlerchapman.pdf
Found Art Handmade Books
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon foundarthandmadebooks_tjohnson.pdf
Found Poetry from Student Conversations
By: Taylor Johnson
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon foundpoetry_taylorjohnson.pdf
My Soul is a Mystery Box
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: None
Lesson Plan: PDF icon mysoulisamysterybox_sdaws.pdf
Rare Bird Erasure
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model:
Lesson Plan: PDF icon rarebirderasures_skanning.pdf
Personal Migrations
By: Saraiya Kanning
Literary Model: “Things We Carry on the Sea" by Wang Pang
Lesson Plan: PDF icon personalmigrations_skanning.pdf

Pages