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"Leap, Plashless": Emily Dickinson & Poetic Imagination Lesson Plan"Leap, Plashless": Emily Dickinson & Poetic Imagination Lesson Plan
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"Leap, Plashless": Emily Dickinson & Poetic Imagination

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Young scholars read and explore one of Emily Dickinson's nature poems, "A Bird Came Down the Walk-" through interaction with a variety of art forms. Clips of a hymn to hear meter and the viewing of bird images exposes them to the language and imagery used to c

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metaphors, figurative language, literary devices, imagery, sound

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imagery, impression, metaphor, sound, english language arts
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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