Category: Poetry
Interpreting Imagery with Harlem by Langston Hughes
My students of all ages have a difficult time incorporating textual evidence into their writing. Once we get past the punctuation hurdles, not to mention choosing evidence that actually works as suc... Read More
One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
Below are the resources I use to teach One Art by Elizabeth Bishop, a poem from the first list of set texts from the Cambridge IGCSE Literature syllabus. The PowerPoint includes a warm-up quick wri... Read More
For Heidi With Blue Hair
Below are resources the I’ve put together for the poem, ‘For Heidi With Blue Hair’ by Fleur Adcock. This is one the poems from in the set texts lists from the Cambridge IGCSE sylla... Read More
Because I Could Not Stop For Death Lined Poem and Handout
This is a ready-made handout of one of Emily Dickinson’s most commonly studied poems. The poem is lined, has some vocabulary break-down, comprehension questions, symbolism chart, and a short p... Read More