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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students synthesize the "textbook" definition of lyric poetry and discuss various forms (love lyric, complaint lyric, loss lyric, satiric lyric). They discover the relationship of poetry to musical selections. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students identify some common themes involving the Latino immigrant experience as conveyed through a variety of media, explore issues of identity in some examples of poetry written by Latinos and learn some basic poetry reading strategies. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students illustrate a poem after they create it using Microsoft Word or other word-processing software. They access websites imbedded in this plan which contain many poems for students to choose from. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students explore poetic technique and figurative language in this ten lesson unit. Comparisons are made between a variety of forms of poetic expressions and the lives of several poets are studied. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students explore poetry formats while reading the books, Pollyanna, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and, Rip Van Winkle. They role-play sayings, poems, and events from the novels, identify and summarize main points, and compose original poetry. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 9th
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Students, after reviewing the writing process and assessing how to use a digital camera to take creative photos, create a Digital Poetry Book. They incorporate the use of Microsoft Photo Draw and Publisher for the creation of their poetry books. In addition, they view a variety of student-created poetry and manipulated photography to enhance their poetry book creations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students read the poem "The Ballad of Captain Super". As a class, they discuss the use of literary codes by authors and poets. In groups, they identify the relationship between the literary codes and figurative language. To end the lesson, they complete a test on context clues. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students are introduced to the term imagery. Individually, they read "The Dream Deferred" and note examples of imaginery in the poem. To end the lesson, they write their own poem making sure to use the five components of imagery. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students investigate the writing of poetry that uses synonyms and common antonyms. They go to a website to view poems that are written as models while identifying the different types of words. Then students write their own poetry. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students read and discuss modern poetry. As they explore given poems, students identify parts of speech and the mood of the poem. Students create their own poetry and share their poems with the class. They read and discuss poetry by William Carlos Williams. Full Review »
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