Curated OER
"One Art" Theme of Transience
In this "One Art" instructional activity, students discuss the theme of transience as they reflect upon the losses they have experienced in their lives. Students discuss the idea that nothing is eternal.
What So Proudly We Hail
The Meaning of America: Self-Command
Even for one of the most accomplished men in American history, there was room for improvement. Challenge high schoolers to use Benjamin Franklin's Project for Moral Perfection to analyze text, make inferences, connect to historical...
Curated OER
Poetry Explication and Analysis Using "In Her Shoes"
Learners explore language arts by viewing movie clips in class. In this poetry analysis instructional activity, students view scenes from the movie "In Her Shoes" and define what poetry is. Learners read the poem "One Art" and identify...
Curated OER
The Fish Questions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on Bishop's "The Fish."
Curated OER
Advanced Sentence Completion 8
In this advanced sentence completion worksheet, students choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence. Students must complete more than one blank per sentence in some instances.
BW Walch
“Outsider” Poet Kay Ryan Goes from Poetry Club Reject to Poet Laureate
The cat might have got your tongue, but you can’t avoid the elephant in the room while you wait for the other shoe to drop. After all, the early bird gets the worm and the chickens are circling. After researching Poet Laureate Kay Ryan...