In these activities, students will conduct a close linguistic exploration of the …
In these activities, students will conduct a close linguistic exploration of the Romeo and Juliet text, which considers the central and deadly role that words play in the lovers' fate. They will also engage in broader tasks that contextualize the play in terms of its relationship to its main source, Brooke's Romeus and Juliet, and the fashion for sonnet writing in the 1590s. Included are discussion questions, primary sources, a compare/contrast chart, and activities.
Reading Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess," students will explore the use …
Reading Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess," students will explore the use of dramatic monologue as a poetic form, where the speaker often reveals far more than intended.
What do your students think about each other? Find out as you …
What do your students think about each other? Find out as you teach them the concepts of acrostic poems and challenge them to write an uplifting acrostic about a classmate.
This site features poems by 14 Caribbean poets, including Derek Walcott. It …
This site features poems by 14 Caribbean poets, including Derek Walcott. It also offers links to information about the Barbados culture. RL.9-10.6 cultural World Lit
This video [4:28]from American Masters: "The Day Carl Sandburg Died" highlights the …
This video [4:28]from American Masters: "The Day Carl Sandburg Died" highlights the turning point in Sandburg's life when his poem "Chicago" was first published in Poetry Magazine. Published in 1914, this poem still captures the attention of readers and is as relevant today as it was in the early 20th century. Includes teaching materials and discussion questions.
In this video [3:17] from American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died, …
In this video [3:17] from American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died, students learn about Carl Sandburg and his early days as a "poet of the people." As a young man, Sandburg worked as an organizer for the Social-Democratic Party of Wisconsin. This work helped to fuel his poetry, which led him to focus on issues relevant to working people and the poor. The poems "Masses" and "Mill-Doors" are highlighted; teacher materials are provided.
Shadows, shadows, everywhere! In this lesson, students read fiction, informational text, and …
Shadows, shadows, everywhere! In this lesson, students read fiction, informational text, and poetry about shadows to extend their knowledge of the concept before casting their own shadow poetry.
Students explore what Carol Jago calls the place "where life and art …
Students explore what Carol Jago calls the place "where life and art intersect" by reading Nikki Giovanni's poem, "Nikki-Rosa," and then writing about childhood memories of their own.
Students investigate the effects of word choice in Robert Frost's "Choose Something …
Students investigate the effects of word choice in Robert Frost's "Choose Something Like a Star" to construct a more sophisticated understanding of speaker, subject, and tone.
This video presents a "poetic concert" featuring the words of three African-American …
This video presents a "poetic concert" featuring the words of three African-American writers: Sojourner Truth, Naomi Long Madgett, and Nikki Giovanni. Included are teaching tips and additional background information. [8:10]
Pat Mora's poem "Echoes" demonstrates that our senses are powerful tools for …
Pat Mora's poem "Echoes" demonstrates that our senses are powerful tools for literary analysis and comprehension as students use their senses to discover new ways to read and write.
Wordsworth was a defining member of the English Romantic Movement. This is …
Wordsworth was a defining member of the English Romantic Movement. This is the starting point for selecting poems chronologically by title index or alphabetically by first line.
Students write poems using rhyme and meter as they come to understand …
Students write poems using rhyme and meter as they come to understand the mechanical concept of rhythm, based on the principle of oscillation, in a broader biological and cultural context, as seen in dance and sports, poetry and other literary forms, and communication in general. Note: The literacy activities for the Mechanics unit are based on physical themes that have broad application to our experience in the world â concepts of rhythm, balance, spin, gravity, levity, inertia, momentum, friction, stress and tension.
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