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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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