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Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of James Whitcomb Riley

For Students 9th - 10th
The texts of nine poems by James Whitcomb Riley, with a few biographical notes. Poems include standards like "The Raggedy Man, " and "When the Frost is on the Punkin," as well as less familiar works like "A Barefoot Boy, " and "Granny."
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Lesson Plan
Indiana University

Indiana Magazine of History: James Whitcomb Riley, Indiana Poet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Fourth-grade lesson plan on James Whitcomb Riley's poetic style, especially his use of local color and dialect. It also introduces the use of recitation as entertainment in the days before electronic entertainment. Although the lesson...