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Common Lit: Units: 5th Grade Author Study: Shel Silverstein

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Complete teaching unit for 5th Grade Author Study: Shel Silverstein. Students will read 6 poems by Shel Silverstein that speak to the theme of how we should live our lives. Students will revisit the essential question "According to Shel Silverstein, how should we live our lives?", read thematically-paired poems from CommonLit, and complete a graphic organizer to prepare for a literary analysis essay. It includes assignments, materials, essential question, and writing assignments. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]

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literary analysis, poetic devices, poetry, shel silverstein
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice