To introduce students to close reading poetry and using writing to understand reading; to prepare them to write a 4-6 page essay on a single poem Students have read selected poems and the chapter on ...

Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the following activities address the three literacy areas of Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening. You can use the series of activities one right after the ...

Now, see if you can write down 5 or 6 concrete images associated with that idea of injustice. Use your five senses, memory and imagination. Write a poem of no more than 12 lines that uses at least ...