Ohioana Authors Curriculum
Links to Poetry Lessons
Painting Poetry: Using Visual Representation as a Response to Literature
Source: Read, Write, Think, a MarcoPolo website developed by the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and in partnership with the MCI Foundation
Interpreting a poem using visual representation encourages students to think critically about what a poet is trying to say and the means he or she uses to convey these ideas. It also helps students better understand their own beliefs about a poem. As students create visual art and then write interpretations of the completed pieces, they enter into a relationship with the poem and construct meaningful connections by integrating personal experience, language, writing, reading, and creativity.
Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip
Source: Edsitement
Many students begin to learn about similes well before entering high school. This lesson assumes that students will have a basic understanding of what similes are, however it is designed to help students review what they have learned in earlier classes and to begin to engage with similes on a deeper and more abstract level.
Introducing Metaphors Through Poetry
Source: Edsitement
Many students begin to learn about metaphors well before entering high school. This lesson assumes that students will have a basic understanding of what metaphors are; however it is designed to help students begin to engage with metaphors on a deeper and more abstract level. The lesson will begin with a poem containing metaphors accessible at all levels, and with each poem the lesson will progress in difficulty, so that teachers will find material to suit their classes at all skill levels.
Poetry Slam: PowerPoint Style
Source: Education World
Students select poems, create PowerPoint presentations that use graphics and text to enhance those poems, and then display their presentations as they read their poems aloud.
Reading Response Journals: Writing After Reading is Revealing! (article)
Source: Education World
Tips to help teachers establish effective journal-writing experiences.
Author Study Unit
Source: Saskatchewan Education
During an author study, students can examine the writer's craft in depth, and identify and categorize a variety of elements of style (e.g., imagery, metaphor, hyperbole, connotation, alliteration, understatement), providing that the study of elements does not detract from the enjoyment of the reading.
