teaching poetry middle school
Tribute Poem: “SESTINA” by Porsha Olayiwola
3 Poems by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón
Reading visual texts with “The Call,” the Super Bowl halftime show trailer
Color poem: pop-up poetry to get students thinking like a poet
Teaching “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.
Teaching Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez
I am so excited to share this COMPLETE UNIT for José Olivarez’s Citizen Illegal (Haymarket Books, 2018) created by my colleagues Tiffany Cavicchia and Melissa Scire.
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Hyperdoc for Rudy Francisco
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