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Curated OER

Poetry: An investigation of Life

For Teachers 11th - 12th
AP English Language and Composition requires that class members be able to formulate an argument and support it. Use this resource to focus on the life of Emily Dickinson. It requires individuals to research her life and make inferences...
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Curated OER

Classify By Topic

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and evaluate poetry. In small groups, they read and summarize poems, complete a handout, create and perform a dramatization of a poem, and write a journal entry in response to their performance.
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Curated OER

Exploring War Themes in Art and Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What is war? Students discuss the ethical dilemma of war by viewing Picasso's painting entitled "Guernica" and write down everything they see in the painting. Then they choose one emotion that best summarizes their emotional response to...
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Curated OER

Argumentation and Logic

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students recognize inductive and deductive reasoning and analyze common fallacies in critical thinking.  In this argumentation and logic lesson plan, students use role playing activities and specific instances of inductive and...
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Curated OER

Poetry on the Web

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders search a website and locate a poem written by a specific poet whose work appears in the grade 8 anthology. After listening to poetry, 8th graders present oral or written examples of imagery and an analysis of the imagery.
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Curated OER

Wordsworth's Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read Wordsworth sonnet, "The World is Too Much With Us," and complete reader response criticsm worksheets. They examine the poet's ideas and techniques then write a letter to Mr. Wordsworth and explain how he might feel...
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Curated OER

Poetry: Imitation As The Sincerest Form Of Flattery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students pick a poet to conduct research from. They read and recite one of the works of poetry. Then using critical analysis find methods of construction in order to create a similar personal poem. The poem is then posted on the internet...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Poetry Analysis Tp Castt [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-page PDF includes a Poetry Analysis format using the acronym TP--CASTT. It explains how to evaluate a poem. It is followed by the blank form for students to use when analyzing a poetry.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Analyzing Poetry [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains how to analyze a poem for its subject, narrator, tone, diction, and more. "Open" and "closed" poems are defined. Explanation are provided for "metrical feet" and "rhyme scheme" in poetry. William Shakespeare's "My...
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Poetry Analysis Tpcastt

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
11 slides demonstrating poetry analysis using the TPCASTT format: Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift, Title, Theme.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Poetry Analysis Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a Poetry Analysis Fact Sheet that includes how to analyze the parts of a poem including the title, connotations, tone, shifts, theme, poetic devices, and writing a paraphrase.
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Skyview High School: Poem Analysis Method: Tpcastt

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an example of a poem analysis using the TPCASTT method; it uses the poem "After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes" by Emily Dickinson.
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Gordon State College: Poetry Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a detailed course assignment where students are asked to choose a poem from those provided and prepare an analysis of it prior to presenting it to the instructor. Students are given guidelines for an essay up to 3 pages long, and...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Analyzing Poetry for Imagery "Memory"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This video lesson focuses on analyzing imagery using the poem "Memory" by Jen Eiserman. [11:17]
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Other

The Poetry Archive: "I, Too" by Langston Hughes

For Students 9th - 10th
From The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, by permission of David Higham Associates, a recording from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems and a written version of "I, Too", written by Langston Hughes are provided on this site. Multiple...
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Other

Poetry Analysis for 10th Grade Language Arts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Choose from the poems, then complete the reading, discussion, and writing activities. A good wrap-up to a poetry unit.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Making Connections Through Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Why not assign a creative project through which students analyze historical documents and share their understanding through poetry and art? All of the resources for this project (documents, images, and examples of famous poems) are...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Visual Essay [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This PDF is a visual essay assignment in which students create a visual presentation of a choice of poems read previously. It must be planned, organized, and created in such a way that it reflects the meaning of the poem.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Close Reading of Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking"

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that explain an inductive method for analyzing poetry. Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking" is analyzed using this model as an example, although the method can be used on a variety of poems. In addition to...
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Other

Blinn College: Bryan Writing Center: Poetry Explication [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides guidelines for analyzing poetry. Students must make certain they have a basic understanding of a poem, then analyze the language used. A set of 26 questions is offered that students can reference to help them analyze a poem....
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Other

Tips for Reading Dickinson's Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions for engaging in close reading of Emily Dickinson's poetry are provided on this site.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Read, Write, and Analyze Poetry (Haiku and Free Verse Poetry)

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on poetry; it defines free verse and haiku, explains how to write each, and provides examples. It offers a slideshow which provides tips for beginners on how to read poetry, how to identify types of poetry, and how...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Teaching Tools: Teach Poetry in Less Than 10 Minutes Per Day

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This teaching tool focuses on teaching poetry in less than 10 minutes per day. Turn your students into poetry pros with a quick structured poetry analysis. Focus Poetry is a technique of shared reading that provides multiple...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature and Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an introduction to a unit on writing in various genre including Nonfiction, Narrative, Literary Writing, Short Stories, and Poetry. Analysis of "The Odyssey", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Romeo and Juliet". Click on the View links...

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