Poets "T"
Lesson plans and teaching resources

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Brief biography and links to 11 poems.

Brief biography.

Text of the poem and critical commentary.

15 poems, including "Huswifery."

Links to texts of several poems.

This page includes the text of Sara Teasdale's poem "Debt" with an article about the wedding of a couple who met online.

This lesson plan uses Teasdale's "I am not Yours" and Randall Jarrell's "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner." Students will analyze and interpret the way an author's style (use of poetic devices) develops tone and theme in challenging grade-appropriate poetry. Close-reading skills culminate in an essay analyzing the way speaker's point of view, sound devices, and figurative language contribute a poem's theme. Student handouts are provided, including one with charts, text-marking codes, guiding questions, links to the poems and video, an essay model, and an essay grading scale.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Lesson plans, criticism, and teaching ideas for "The Lady of Shalott" and other poems.

"Casey at the Bat" by Ernest L. Thayer
Historical background, text, and lessons in character analysis, metaphor and simile, narrative poetry, more.

Dylan Thomas
Lesson plans for prose and poetry.

Brief biography of this WWI poet and links to poetry.

Background, analysis, and suggestions for responding to the poem.