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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan
   Choose, Select, Opt, or Settle: Exploring Word Choice in Poetry
   Students investigate the effects of word choice in Robert Frost's "Choose Something Like a Star" to construct a more sophisticated understanding of speaker, subject, and tone.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words through Diamante Poetry
   Students explore the ways that powerful and passionate words communicate the concepts of freedom, justice, discrimination, and the American Dream in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Onomatopoeia: A Figurative Language Minilesson
   Clang, clash, or tinkle? Students explore the use of onomatopoeia in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells" before choosing their own sound words in response to specific sounds.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Sonic Patterns: Exploring Poetic Techniques Through Close Reading
   Students develop close reading skills connecting sound with sense in the poem "Those Winter Sundays," and write an original text that reflects their new learning.