Two Poems by Carl Sandburg: National Poetry Month Poems of the Day

The Teaching ELA Podcast

English - April 28, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.69 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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I felt great. I had just taught an amazing lesson on analyzing poetry. Finally, my students could write intelligent analysis in their poetry essays.

My joy turned to horror as I read “this poem is cool” 8,114 times. I sniffled as students laughed at my grief. Seconds before peppering the class with spiral notebooks, I had an idea: maybe I should teach poems by Carl Sandburg. I put the notebooks away, called my bookie, and placed a bet on Chicago.

I had work to do. I had to create a list of Carl Sandburg poems with teaching ideas. Here’s what I came up with.

Links

Poetry Collections at ELACommonCoreLessonPlans.com Sandburg Page