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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Analyzing Poetic Devices: Robert Hayden and Theodore Roethke

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners examine the relationship of poetic form and content, shaped by alliteration, consonance, repetition, and rhythm, in two poems about fatherhood: Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" and Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz."
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: A Prelude to Beowulf

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Before reading the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, "Beowulf," students should explore the Dark Ages through researching the fundamental characteristics of the art and literature produced during this period. This website provides links for doing...
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British Library

British Library: Robert Browning: Creative Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Looking at three of Robert Browning's poems, students will be encouraged to think critically and create compositions that explore complex themes.[PDF]
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: There Once Was...

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Part 2 of this tutorial on limerick writing demonstrates the importance of form (meter and rhyme) in limerick poetry using the exemplary and amusing work of Edward Lear.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Oh, Messy Cheetos!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, sentence fluency is the focus. The mentor text entitled Mrs. Wishy Washy is used to help students explore how using repetition techniques can enhance the meaning of a story. After reading the text,...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Alliterative Insects

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson students develop a story about an insect while utilizing previously written sentences with strong word choice.
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University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Tongue Twisters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing tongue twisters. Examples of tongue twisters are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Poetry for the Elementary Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Site contains a narrative and three lesson plans. These plans are designed to assist students with various aspects of poetry. This site discusses strategies which enable students to effectively, memorize, recite, and correctly pronounce...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Chants and Street Rhymes [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Four pages of with chants and street rhymes. Three of the pages are reproducible examples and information useful to students, and one page gives lesson ideas for teachers.

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