Module One: Poetry, Poets & Becoming Writers
Module 1: Overview
This module uses literature and informational text to introduce students to what inspires people to write. It is intentionally designed to encourage students to embrace a love a literacy and writing.
Guiding Questions and Big Ideas:
What makes a poem a poem?
What inspires writers to write poetry
This module uses literature and informational text to introduce students to what inspires people to write. It is intentionally designed to encourage students to embrace a love a literacy and writing.
Guiding Questions and Big Ideas:
What makes a poem a poem?
What inspires writers to write poetry
Student Texts:
- Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
- A River of Words: The Story of Williams Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant
- Robert Frost
- Walter Dean Myers
- Valerie Worth
- William Carlos Williams
Unit 1: Reading and Analyzing Poetry: Love That Dog and Famous Poems
Unit 2: Writing to Inform: What Inspires Writers to Write Poetry/
Unit 3: Writing to Entertain: Poetry
Unit 2: Writing to Inform: What Inspires Writers to Write Poetry/
Unit 3: Writing to Entertain: Poetry
Videos & Online Student Lessons:
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Student Interactives:
- Poetry for Children
- Poetry Foundation
- Poets.org
- Poetry180
- Fern's Poetry Nook
- Magnetic Poetry
Expert Group Poets:
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Recommended Children's Poets:
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