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Poems about Poetry Lesson PlanPoems about Poetry Lesson Plan
Publisher
Academy of American Poets
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2013
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Poems about Poetry

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This Poems about Poetry lesson plan also includes:
  • "Ars Poetica" by Archibald MacLeish
  • "so you want to be a writer?" by Charles Bukowski
  • "Poetry" by Marianne Moore
  • "Ars Poetica" by Archibald MacLeish
  • "so you want to be a writer?" by Charles Bukowski
  • "Poetry" by Marianne Moore
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Learners of all ages hear the words “Today we’re going to start poetry” and begin their plans to drop out of school. It is not the teacher's fault! Use this resource to help young scholars understand the genre of poetry and why it is important. Your young poets develop their ideas from multiple poets. Then they produce visual documents and writing projects that expand the activity. There is a lot of material here, so it is easy to select what would work best for you and your poets.  

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

poetry, poetry analysis, poetry writing, types of poetry, poets, tableau, imagery, debate, news articles, arguments, persuasive arguments

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the lesson to introduce a unit on poetry and poets during April's Poetry Month
  • Review the rules for debate before assigning the Poets Debate activity

Classroom Considerations

  • Instructors must provide the OpEd piece for groups to critique
  • Requires copies of the three poems

Pros

  • Includes three suggested activities, discussion questions, and a vocabulary list

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.4 RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.6 CCRA.W.9 W.9-10.1.a W.9-10.1.b W.9-10.1.c W.9-10.1.d W.9-10.1.e W.9-10.5 SL.9-10.1.d SL.9-10.3 SL.9-10.4 W.11-12.1.a W.11-12.1.b W.11-12.1.c W.11-12.1.d W.11-12.1.e W.11-12.5 SL.11-12.1.d SL.11-12.3 SL.11-12.4

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