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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: How to Listen

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this non-prose piece, the poet shares how to listen carefully to others.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Animating Poetry: Reading Poems About the Natural World

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson plan, students will consider Animating Poetry: Reading Poems about the Natural World. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson 4: Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this lesson plan, students will consider Lesson 4: Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury: Narration, Voice, and the Compson Family's New System. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab....
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson 2: Thirteen Ways of Reading a Modernist Poem

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson plan, students will consider Lesson 2: Thirteen Ways of Reading a Modernist Poem. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson 1: Understanding the Context of Modernist Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson plan, students will consider Lesson 1: Understanding the Context of Modernist Poetry. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Website
Luminarium

Luminarium: Sources for 17th Century English Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains a plethora of links to websites related to the 17th century. Literature, music, history, politics, and the role of woman are all covered by these links.
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Unit Plan
Vocabulary.com

Some Helpful Poetry Terms

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a list of 24 poetry terms. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words
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Website
Other

Modernist Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Account of the rise of modernist Persian poetry and its influence on the imagist movement. Links to authors and works.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Cavalier and Puritan

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A wonderful website with a plethora of links to information on poets, Cavalier writers, the Sacred poets, the origin of the couplet, the lesser Caroline poets, as well as political writing.
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: World Poetry Day Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A classroom activity/lesson plan which marks World Poetry Day. Allows students to discuss, appreciate, and respond to different types of poetry, and includes web links and an annotated bibliography. From March 21, 2007.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Finding Poetry in Prose Reading and Writing Love Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons about love poetry that ask learners to review the genre before writing their own. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Poetry of Spenser: Spenser's Family

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief biography of Spenser and his family, with links provided to the entire contents of The Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Readers can find additional information on Spenser there.
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Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Elegy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of the "elegy" poetic form. Example included.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson plan, learners will consider Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Poetry You've Got Rhythm [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short but informational worksheet for students on the rhythmical sounds of poetry. Includes information about the different types of meter and feet, and allows students to make connections and analysis.
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Unit Plan
Other

Poetry Analysis for 10th Grade Language Arts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Choose from the poems, then complete the reading, discussion, and writing activities. A good wrap-up to a poetry unit.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: 8th Grade Poetry Unit

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thirty-three-part learning module provides a poetry unit designed for 8th graders. This blendspace provides videos, web resources, and reference sheets related to the study of eighth grade poetry content.
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Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: The Odyssey

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
In this learning module, students will engage in a deep study of The Odyssey. Worksheets, tests, and map projects are provided to reinforce comprehension of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier...
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Primary
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Noh Plays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a very comprehensive resource that includes discussion of Japanese Noh plays as well as the texts for thirteen plays. The texts are available in both Japanese and English. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity, RL.11-12.7 Multi...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetry: Varying Views of America

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson allows students to examine the various views of American perspective through studying three poems by diverse poets: "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes, and "On the Pulse of Morning"...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Literary Visions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A series of 24 instructional videos, each about 30 minutes in length, designed to teach literary analysis. Topics include Responding to Literature, The Elements of Short Fiction, Tone and Style in Short fiction, The Elements of Poetry,...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetry: Sound and Sense

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson that gently encourages the teaching of poetry in "nonthreatening" ways. Stresses reading and listening, discussion, and the examination of the sound and sense of poetry.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Diction and Tone (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Evaluate the role of diction and tone in literary nonfiction such as speeches, essays, and other forms.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Meter and Rhyme (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Analyze the meter, rhyme scheme, line length, punctuation, and word position in poetry.