American Poetry Unit | Discussion Questions & Writing Assignments on 5 American Poets Frederic Douglass Teaching Resources Also included is a glossary

Also included is a glossary with definitions of the types of figurative language as well as examples of how they're used in the early scenes of Shakespeare's play — so you can begin reviewing the types of figurative language with students before they tackle the quiz

• Strategies for Crafting Vivid & Lively Prose (Handout #2): While the question of what students choose to write about will be important

Introduce this fun activity when you need to mix things up

• Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on Butler’s wonderfully complex novel

This 2-week EDITABLE poetry unit was designed to boost skills in close reading and formal analysis in any English classroom

American Poetry Unit | Discussion Questions & Writing Assignments on 5 American Poets Frederic Douglass Teaching Resources Also included is a glossaryThis high school poetry bundle features a total of 50 poems by some of the best writers in the history of American poetry: Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and Gwendolyn Brooks. The poems are divided into 5 mini units which can be used in sequence over 2 weeks. The unit features hundreds of discussion questions on individual poems, ten quizzes on poetic devices, five sample papers to model how students should write