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Common Lit: "I Am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca
A learning module that begins with "I Am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: Holly Trees
A learning module that begins with the poem "Holly Trees" by Emma Bartley, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
A learning module that begins with the poem "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud" by William Wordsworth, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: In Flanders Fields
A learning module that begins with the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: "If We Must Die" by Claude Mc Kay
A learning module that begins with "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Common Lit: I Hear America Singing
A learning module that begins with the poem "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
Read Works
Read Works: Wonderful Trees
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem about trees by Arin Lapa. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:"house by the Railroad": A Painting and a Poem for the Classroom
In this lesson plan, students will consider Edward Hopper's House by the Railroad: From Painting to Poem. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Sidekicks
This five-stanza poem describes the sidekicks of superheroes.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Marcus Millsap: School Day Afternoon
This one-stanza poem describes a farmboy's thoughts before, and especially, after school.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Forgiving Buckner
This poem shares a message of forgiveness to Bill Buckner, a Boston Red Sox baseball player who made a game-deciding error in the 1986 World Series.
Read Works
Read Works: "Casey at the Bat"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer about a professional baseball player named Casey who had a chance to win the game for his team. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Common Lit: Marsha
A learning module that begins with "Marsha" Mikala Rempe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Common Lit: Joy
A learning module that begins with "Joy" by Molly McGinnis, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Common Lit: "Identity" by Julio Noboa
A learning module that begins with "Identity" by Julio Noboa, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Common Lit: The Journalist
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Journalist" by J. Patrick Lewis, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Freedom Summer
A learning module that begins with the poem "Freedom Summer" by J. Patrick Lewis accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: First Pet
A learning module that begins with the poem "First Pet" by Emma Bartley, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: From Blossoms
A learning module that begins with the poem "From Blossoms" by Li-Young Lee accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: Icu
A learning module that begins with "ICU" by Grace Chua, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Common Lit: "First They Came" by Martin Niemoller
A learning module that begins with "First They Came" by Martin Niemoller, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
A learning module that begins with "Invictus" William Ernest Henley, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Common Lit: The Blind Men and the Elephant
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Blind Men and the Elephant" by John Godfrey Saxe, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: Verses Written by a Young Lady, on Women Born to Be Controll'd
A learning module that begins with "Verses Written by a Young Lady, On Women Born to Be Controll'd," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...