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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: White Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th
This nine-stanza poem shares a description of a bird that is preparing its winter nest.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: When Death Comes

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem shares the poet's thoughts about death and how she wants her life to have been lived.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Morning

For Students 9th - 10th
This single-stanza poem shares the poet's happiness when her cat appears.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Summer Day

For Students 9th - 10th
This single-stanza poem expresses that the act of paying attention to the little things in life is a form of prayer.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Reckless Poem

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-prose piece shares the perspective of the author who thinks that she loses her real "self" occasionally.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: This World

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A learning module that begins with the poem "This World" by Mary Oliver, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...