Poetry Lesson Plans

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
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Object Haiku!
By: Sophie Daws
Literary Model: Haikus from Basho & Busan
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Rhyme: From Shakespeare to Little Walter
By: Sophie Daws
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Star-crossed Creatures
By: Chalese "Chay the Poet" Potts
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Metaphors from the World Around Us
By: Sophie Daws
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Living Metaphors
By: Chalese "Chay the Poet" Potts
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