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Read Works

Read Works: Fifth Grade: Five Lesson Unit: Leaf by Leaf: Autumn Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A five instructional activity poetry unit focusing on main idea, tone, theme, author's purpose, and figurative language in poetry. Texts must be provided by the teacher, but handouts that go along with...
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Read Works

Read Works: "City Autumn"

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Joseph Moncure March describing autumn in the city. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

Selected Poems of John Donne

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to 42 poems by the English metaphysical John Donne (1572-1631).
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: "Autumn"

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Emily Dickinson about the approaching autumn. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Songs and Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: James Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a wealth of information on the Ohio poet James Wright, including a biographical sketch, essays about many of his works, pictures, and copies of his poems. Provided by the English Department of University of Illinois at...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio" by James Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio" by James Wright provided by the Academy of American Poets.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: John Keats Wrote Ode "To Autumn"

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief overview of John Keats life and poetry in the English Romantic movement. Uses several lines from Keats' poem "To Autumn" as an example of the writing of the early 1800s.
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Read Works

Read Works: "The Sheaves"

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Edward Arlington Robinson about the coming of autumn. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Robert Penn Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers excerpts from interview with Warren about a reunion at Vanderbilt in 1956, on his writings and values, on HAWKS, on rhythm in prose. There is also a review of HEARTS OF AUTUMN. This site also has a photo of Warren.
Handout
Emory University

Emory University Writing Center: Personification

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A definition of personification. Includes two examples- one from the poetry of Sylvia Plath, the other from John Keats' poem "To Autumn."

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