Biography
Small and whole group discussion
Connections/word cloud
Mentor text connection
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Websites: Poetry Foundation, The Harvard Radcliffe Library, and The Yale Beinecke Library
Mentor Text Connections: Do these works have a rhyme and/or rhythm? What poetic devices do you see at work here? Why is this important? What does this help you as the reader to understand?
Poetic Devices Mini-lesson (as needed)
Didactic Journal Entries 1-2:
What connections can you draw or similarities did you notice about the poets from their biographies?
Revision/expand first journal entry: How may a “legacy of resistance show up in poetic forms?”
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Make text connections
Understand function and choice of poetic devices
Practice analysis skills
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