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By Kashiana Singh
Continue readingExploring structure in Hanif Abdurraqib’s poem “It Is Maybe Time to Admit That Michael Jordan Definitely Pushed Off”
This lesson will get your students up and moving!
Continue readingWords for the People – a teaching unit for the podcast hosted by Crystal Wilkinson, Kentucky’s Poet Laureate
This lesson was created by Jessica Salfia from Spring Mills High School, Martinsburg West Virginia. This unit is made possible by the Academy of American Poets with funds from the Mellon Foundation.
Continue readingPoetry Analysis Using Color
Poetry Literature Circles
Tribute Poem: “SESTINA” by Porsha Olayiwola
3 Poems by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón
Teaching Unit for Lauren K. Alleyne’s Honeyfish
Teaching Unit for Sand Opera by Philip Metres
Teaching Finna by Nate Marshall
Color poem: pop-up poetry to get students thinking like a poet
Teaching Perfect Black by Crystal Wilkinson
This lesson was created by Jessica Salfia and Karla Hilliard from Spring Mills High School, Martinsburg West Virginia.
Continue readingTeaching “White Lies” by Tara Betts
This lesson was created by Brian Hannon, who is the Director of Education at LMSvoice, and teaches at Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria, Virginia.
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