Poetry Lesson Plans
The Power of Plants to Quench Unnameable Thirst
Literary Model: "Brigham's tea" by Gary Paul Nabhan
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powerinplants_daws.pdf
Literary Model: "Brigham's tea" by Gary Paul Nabhan
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The Poetics of Food & Labor
Literary Model: Cheshire Tongkat interview, "Dirt" by Gary Soto, "Lessons" by Jacqueline Woodson
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Literary Model: Cheshire Tongkat interview, "Dirt" by Gary Soto, "Lessons" by Jacqueline Woodson
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Ingredient Odes
Literary Model: "Dragon Fruit," by Aimee Nezhukumatathil; "The Traveling Onion" by Naomi Shihab Nye; "ode to coffee / oda al café" by Urayoán Noel
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Literary Model: "Dragon Fruit," by Aimee Nezhukumatathil; "The Traveling Onion" by Naomi Shihab Nye; "ode to coffee / oda al café" by Urayoán Noel
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Thanks Be To All Things: A Gratitude Workshop
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thanks_be_to_all_the_things_a_gratitude_workshop.pdf
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My Name Is...
Literary Model: "allegory of the black man at work in a synagogue" by Roger Bonair-Agard
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my_name_is.pdf
Literary Model: "allegory of the black man at work in a synagogue" by Roger Bonair-Agard
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Breaking Bread: Poetry, Rhetoric, and Connection
Literary Model: Carolyn Forché, "The Colonel"
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breaking_bread_-_poetry_rhetoric_and_connection.pdf
Literary Model: Carolyn Forché, "The Colonel"
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A Book By Its Cover: Poetry, Image, and Dust Jacket Design
Literary Model: various
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a_book_by_its_cover_-_poetry_image_and_dust_jacket_design.pdf
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"Facts You Did Not Know About Me": Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Speaking in Character
Literary Model: "The all black penguin speaks: 17 facts you did not know about me" by Roger Bonair-Agard
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facts_you_did_not_know_about_me-rhetoric_persuasion_and_speaking_in_character.pdf
Literary Model: "The all black penguin speaks: 17 facts you did not know about me" by Roger Bonair-Agard
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"Ballad in O": Sound, Sense, Play, and Place
Literary Model: "Ballad in O" by Cathy Park Hong
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ballad_in_o_and_univocalic_poetry.pdf
Literary Model: "Ballad in O" by Cathy Park Hong
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