Sympathy and Caged Bird by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Maya Angelou

Posted on March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 by admin

This poetry resource includes a handout that contains lined versions of the poems, guiding questions and graphic organizers regarding theme, imagery, symbolism, and tone; and writing assignments to co... Read More

Teaching Personification with ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’

Posted on March 19, 2017March 12, 2018 by admin

When teaching a text, I make sure that I have an anchor skill that I want my students to practice while reading. I find evaluating text structure to be one of the more difficult standards to teach, b... Read More

Question Words and Sentence Starters

Posted on March 16, 2017March 12, 2018 by admin

I teach a lot of ELL students and one of the biggest obstacles for many of them to showcase what they know is that they struggle to understand what the question is asking. After that hurdle is surmoun... Read More

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Sympathy and Caged Bird by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Maya Angelou

Teaching Personification with ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’

Question Words and Sentence Starters