Wallace Stevens Teacher Resources

Students consider the elements involved in reading poetry aloud. They discuss different poetic forms and how the choices a reader makes in tone, emphasis, breaths, and pauses can affect the listener's interpretation and understanding of the peom. After hearing different readings of different poems, students write reflections on what the poems mean to them.

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Students demonstrate a higher level of thinking in writing a poem that delivers a message of wisdom and is metaphorical in meaning. They study the use of metaphors in poetry as well as the meaning and use of concrete and abstract words and imagery.

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Learners analyze photographs and poetry as forms of each other. In this poetry and photography analysis lesson, students use the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and poetry from William Carlos William to explore how poetry and painting are alike. Learners write a detailed description of their forms. Students use the EDSITEment website to find other poetry and photography examples for the lesson.

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Learners investigate artwork and poetry. In this poetry instructional activity, students view a Mary Cassatt painting and answer observation and analysis questions to help them write poetry and prose about the work. As a follow-up activity, learners go to an art museum and select a piece of art to which they respond emotionally and repeat the classroom exercise to write another original poem.

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Students participate in reading various poems in order to complete different activities. In groups, they compare and contrast the writing style and subject matter of two different author's poems. They practice writing poems on different topics to introduce them to all types.

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