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‘even as life went sour’ : Food For Thought

Li -Young Lee’s poem, From Blossoms allows for exploration with food as cultural touchstone and a source for memory. Some examples of student work are below. Lesson Note: ‘John S. Allen’s The Omnivorous Mind […]

Any Questions?

Students explored and discussed in groups, Tracy K. Smith’s question poem, The United States Welcomes You. Who is the speaker? Where is the speaker? What is at stake? What is the result of the […]

‘We’re All Sitting At The Table’ : Finding a place…in poetry.

A common household object became the focus for this lesson, while studying Joy Harjo’s poem, Perhaps the World Ends Here. Students were asked to begin the lesson by sketching an eating surface that they […]

Travel Advisory

We took a look at Richard Blanco’s prose/mix poem about missed destinations, We Are Not Going To Malta. Students were then given travel brochures exhibiting lush locales (decidedly not always depicting reality), and asked […]

Preparing The Pallete

Students at Lane Tech engaged in a writing exercise where they created their ‘life story’ in 24 words. They were then instructed to whittle that number down to one word. Via interviewer to interviewee […]

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