This is a PDF lesson. After reading/listening to selections of "poems for two voices" from the book Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman and after young scholars compare and contrast two items, they compose a poem for two voices in the...

The focus trait for this lesson is idea development; students will use the pre-determined structure of a "poem for two voices" to explore unique ideas. The text used is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis...

This lesson plan includes a poem in two voices and is adapted from the poem by Eric Ode in Rolling in the Aisles, published by Meadowbrook Press. Students will share the responsibility of reading lines of this poem about a boy who learns...

Front cover of the book Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman.

In this lesson plan students write in contrasting voices to create a descriptive poem.

In "Don't Suck Your Thumb", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a child who finds a substitute for...

In this lesson, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is used to get students to explore point of view and issues related voice in writing and social justice. This lesson requires the students to analyze and discuss the...

After reading the picture book Come on, Rain by Karen Hesse, which discusses how the weather both helps and harms the community, young scholars bring tools from home to represent what their parents do for a living. They will present...

This site provides poetry theater for emergent young readers. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will engage in "When I Was a Baby": A Poem in Two Voices. Students will read...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A set of two lesson plans designed to teach young scholars to describe the author's voice in two poems and compare voice in four short works. Includes ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit on theme where young scholars use the book Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes to find examples of author's voice in poetry, and the book The Random House Book of Poetry for...

In this activity, learners examine multiple mentor texts to help drive them toward the final persuasive writing assignment: comparison and contrast poems written from a parent and a child's perspective. A short story, two poems, and a...

This lesson focuses on Langston Hughes and two of him poems: "Theme for English B" and "I, Too." It provides links to the two poems including an audio version of "I, Too" and a handout worksheet for "Theme for English B." It asks student...

This is a link to two interviews of Komunyakaa: on poetry and on the heritage of jazz for African American poets. There is a commentary on "Tu Do Street". There are several links to other Komunyakaa sites.