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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Second Coming

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Primary
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by W. B. Yeats

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by W. B. Yeats provided by the Academy of American Poets.
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Curated OER

William Butler Yeats

For Students 9th - 10th
The Literature Network feaures the life and poetry of William Butler Yeats.
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Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: W. B. Yeats

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Irish poet William Butler Yeats with links to six of his poems.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Poetry Everywhere

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a plan to move poetry more firmly into the public sphere, the Poetry Everywhere project offers readings of sixteen poems and animated interpretations of a dozen others. Some poems are read by their authors; others are read by...
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Article
Other

Chateauguay Valley Regional High School: The Past Through Poetry by Mary Sully

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a good example of how to write a literary analysis essay on poetry. This example compares and contrasts Tennyson and Yeats, Victorian poets, on the basis of their lives and their poetry. W.9-10.9a Analysis
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Modern British Poetry: Biographical Sketches

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers brief biographies of many British poets of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These include Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, A. E. Housman, and many more.
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Website
Other

Ny Times: w.b. Yeats Obituary

For Students 9th - 10th
The obituary which appeared in the January 30, 1939 NYTimes is posted here and includes biographical and career information.