Interpreting Texts, Making Meaning: Starting Small

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 13.02.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Background on Activist Poetry
  3. Rationale
  4. Curriculum Objectives
  5. Reading Strategies
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. After Reading Activities
  8. Assessment
  9. Standards
  10. Bibliography

Teaching Tone, Mood and Purpose through the Interpretation of Activist Poetry

William Miles Greene

Published September 2013

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Bibliography

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City-Data. "Emery Secondary School in Emeryville, California." City-Data.com. May 2, 2013. www.city-data.com/school/emery-secondary-school-ca.html (accessed June 1, 2013).

Eliot, Thomas Stearns. The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1921.

Hammond, Karla. "An Interview with Audre Lorde." American Poetry Reveiw, March/April 1980: 20.

Laurence Perrine, Thomas R. Arp. Sense and Sound. San Diego: Harcourt College, 1991.

Lorde, Audre. "Poetry is Not a Luxury." In Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, by Audre Lorde, 36. Freedom California: Crossing Press, 1984.

Pace, Giacinta. "Erica Jong: A Poetic Call to Action." nbcnews.com. May 11, 2010. www.nbcnews.com/id/36989664/ns/us_news-giving/t/erica-jong-poetic-call-to-action/#.Uf7CRpLVDrU (accessed June 10, 2013).

Perrine, Laurence. "The Nature of Proof in the Interpretation of Poetry." The English Journal, 1962: 393-98.

Quiroz-Martines, Julie. "Poetry is a Political Act." Colorlines.com. December 8, 1998. colorlines.com/archives/1998/12/poetry_is_a_political_act.html (accessed June 10, 2013).

Religion, Bad. You are the Government. Comp. Brett Gurewitz Greg Graffin. 1988.

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