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Poetry Links
Grades K-2
All Together Now: Collaborations in Poetry Writing
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=301
Students will hear, write, and recite poetry to understand more deeply the
qualities of verse. In these lessons, students will create their own lines of
poetry in response to poems read aloud, identify musical elements of literary
language (such as rhymes or repeated sounds), and recite short poems or
excerpts.
Grades 3-5
Can You Haiku?
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=250
In this lesson, students learn the rules and conventions of haiku, study
examples by Japanese masters, and create a haiku of their own. Students will
combine haiku's close observation with a moment of reflection to sharpen their
response to language and enhance their powers of self-expression.
Grades 6-8
Music is Poetry
http://www.youthfirst.org/winners/music-poetry.htm
This lesson works to "turn students on" to poetry by demonstrating that popular
music is comprised of poetic elements. After learning basic poetic devices,
students analyze their favorite music to find these devices and present their
findings to the class.
Grades 9-12
Allen Ginsberg: Poetry and Politics
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/education/lesson6_overview.html
Students study the link between art and politics, the Sixties, and poetry and
popular music in this lesson about the Beat Generation. Within an examination of
these themes, students will read the poetry of Allen Ginsberg and other Beat
writers and will investigate the larger social and political climate in which
they lived.
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