Road-tested and student-beloved! Everything you need to teach your students how to understand and write poems. All resources inside are written in student-friendly language. Everything in this comprehensive, 7-week unit plan is ready-to-roll and designed to make your life easier.
POETRY: A Creative Writing Unit Plan
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-A unit plan doc with daily lesson plans (and essential questions, CCSS, and all daily materials conveniently linked in document)
- A ready-to-print poetry packet containing the following poems:
- “O Captain, My Captain!” by Walt Whitman
- “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath
- Excerpts from a critical analysis of Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy”
- “Morning” by Billy Collins
- “Ode to the Belt Sander & This Cocobolo Wood” by Matthew Nienow
- “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Sonnet for the Bicycle Rider’s Leg by Jack Agueros
- When Romeo & Juliet meet
- “The Sword Swallower's Valentine” by Sandra Beasley
- “A sestina for a black girl who does not know how to braid hair” by Raych Jackson
- Article: “For this poet, community, hair and self-worth are interwoven” by Corinne Segal
- “Sestina” by Ciara Shuttleworth
- “This Is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams
- “He Remembered Her” by Argus Paul
- “Form N-400 Erasures” by Niina Pollari
- “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold
- “The Dover Bitch” by Anthony Hecht
- “This Is Just to Say” by Laura Creste
- “Musee de Beaux Arts” by WH Auden
- “The Fall of Icarus” by WCW
-Instructions for 4 assignments written in clear, student-friendly language:
- Poem #1: Elegy or Ode
- Poem #2: Sonnet or Sestina
- Poem #3: Found Poem or Erasure Poem
- Poem #4: Poem Inspired by Another Poem or Poem Inspired by an Image
- Detailed, original poem rubric
- Poetry analysis graphic organizer
- Handout on how to workshop poetry
- Handout on Prose Poetry vs. Microfiction
- Resources for collaborative creative writing game
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