Exploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.?s Words through Diamante Poetry
Students will:
Read and analyze a text closely for the underlying concepts and ideas.
Identify rhetorically significant words, words which bring passion to a text.
Be introduced to the genre of diamante.
Explore the relationship between the structure and meaning of a poem.
Draw conclusions about the ways a writer’s choices play a role in writing.
More about this lesson plan:
Materials Needed: ?Diamante? from Albert Somers' Teaching Poetry in High School
Power of Words Diamante Assignment
Diamante Rubric
Diamante Poems Student Interactive
Stapleless Book Student Interactive
Stapleless Book Planning Sheet
General classroom supplies
Speech from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (available in HTML, PDF, Audio, and Video)
Source: © Read Write Think
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