Unit Plan
City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Melani: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage is a handout for a course on Emily Dickinson's poetry. It features information about Dickinson's life, her poems, her style, and her themes including: the inner world; death; pain, separation, and ecstasy; love; God and...
Unit Plan
City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Emily Dickinson: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is actually the study guide for the Emily Dickinson section of a course titled "The Emergence of the Modern," taught at Brooklyn College. Though it is written for college students, it should be accessible to high school...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poet Emily Dickinson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
As part of a unit on Emily Dickinson and her poetry, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Dickinson: Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide for exploring the poetry of Emily Dickinson provides historical context, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit for teachers. Includes a radio show and transcript with poems cited from The Poems of Emily...
Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Emily Dickinson & Poetic Imagination: "Leap, Plashless"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces students to Emily Dickinson's poetry which often reveals a child-like fascination with the natural world. Students examine how she writes perceptively of butterflies, birds, and bats and uses lucid metaphors to...
Primary
Other

Communicate Science: 3 Science Poems by Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Make poetry part of a cross-curricular study with these three poems by Emily Dickinson.
Handout
Other

Shadow Poetry: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
What type of poetry did Emily Dickinson (1830-1886 CE) write? Explore this informative website to learn more about this famous author. Includes text of twelve of her poems.
Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: As if Some Little Arctic Flower

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "As If Some Little Arctic Flower", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: Baffled for Just a Day or Two

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Baffled for Just a Day or Two --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Lauren Schaffel and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: I Held a Jewel in My Fingers

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Held a Jewel in My Fingers--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jan Stewart and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: My Nosegays Are for Captives

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "My Nosegays Are for Captives --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: Portraits Are to Daily Faces

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Portraits Are to Daily Faces", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: By Chivalries as Tiny

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "By Chivalries as Tiny", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: Glowing Is Her Bonnet

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Glowing Is Her Bonnet", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: I Never Hear the Word "Escape"

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Never Hear the Word 'Escape'", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Stephanie Chan and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: I Stepped From Plank to Plank

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Stepped from Plank to Plank", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: If My Bark Sink

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If My Bark Sink", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Sophia On and can access a printable version of this piece.
Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: Love Is Anterior to Life

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Love is Anterior to Life", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jena Johnson and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: Purple Is Fashionable Twice

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Purple--Is Fashionable Twice--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: The Riddle We Can Guess

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "The Riddle We Can Guess", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Ellie Wen and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: The Soul Selects Her Own Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "The Soul selects Her Own Society--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jan Stewart and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: You're Right

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "You're Right", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jan Stewart and can access a printable version of this piece.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: I Like to See It Lap the Miles

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the poem "I like to See it Lap the Miles" by Emily Dickinson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: The Rainbow Never Tells Me

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "The Rainbow Never Tells Me", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.

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