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Is a Sentence a Poem?
Grades | 9 – 12 |
Lesson Plan Type | Minilesson |
Estimated Time | 50 minutes |
Lesson Author |
Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  December 10
Poet Emily Dickinson was born in 1830.
Students discuss Dickinson's poem "This Is My Letter To The World" and use it to focus on how audience affects voice.
Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity |  April 1
April is National Poetry Month!
Students are assigned to be "poets of the day" and are provided several models to create, illustrate, and present their different poems to the class.
Grades 5 – 8 | Calendar Activity |  September 17
William Carlos Williams was born in 1883.
Students write imitation poems, review grammatical structures, and use the ReadWriteThink Printing Press or Stapleless Book to publish their finished work.
Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity |  October 3
Students investigate the website of a past Poet Laureate's project and use it as a model to celebrate poetry that appeals most to them.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades 9 – 12 | Professional Library | Book
Teaching Poetry in High School
Albert Somers offers teachers a vast compendium of resources for teaching poetry in a highly accessible format.