"Ode to Teachers" by Pat Mora Reading Questions and Extension Activity

"Ode to Teachers" by Pat Mora might seem like an oddly self-serving poem to teach in class. However, this is a great poem for teaching main idea. It's also a great poem to use with other teachers when practicing new strategies and techniques.

To facilitate a conversation with students or as part of professional development, I have included main idea questions, multiple choice questions, and a visualization extension activity (with rubric). Everything is included in a fillable .pdf and is Google Drive ready!

Since this resource contains Google tools, TPT will create a folder in your Google Drive where you will find all parts of this resource.

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• "To Lucasta, Going to the Wars" by Richard Lovelace
• "A Litany for Survival" by Audre Lorde
• "Burning a Book" by William Stafford
• "Ode to Teachers" by Pat Mora
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• "You Could Never Take a Car to Greenland" by Maggie Smith

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