BHS ELA Instructional Guide

● Craft ● Theme

● Style ● Elements of language ● Cliche ● Sensory details ● Syntax

● Voice ● Conventions ● Alliteration ● Assonance ● Consonance ● Rhyme

● Writing techniques ● Figurative Language ● Word choice

Resources

Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within . Shambhala Publications, 2016.

Poets.org Lesson Plans ● Noticing Poetry - a good introduction to poetry ● Lesson Plans about Sonnets

Favorite Poem Project - This project asked people to share their favorite poem and tell a little bit about their lives and why they chose that poem. Then they read the poem aloud. You can use this to search for poems you are teaching.

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