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Visual arts Common Core RL.11-12.4 handouts
Speaking With Hands by Luis J. Rodriguez: Poetry Practice
"In her broken English, speaking with her hands, she had us children stand around her as she fought with the grocer on prices & quality & dignity."Students will study Luis J. Rodriguez’s powerful poem, “Speaking with Hands,” with a cultural criticism lens. In the autobiographical poem, Rodriguez’s mother argues for justice at the food store in front of her young son in a low-income Los Angeles neighborhood. The curated lesson set contains a richness of links, strategies, and resources fo
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9th - 12th
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PARKING LOT POETRY - Take a "BRAKE" to Re-Verse Your Space!
Parking Lot Poetry
Take a “Brake” to Re-Verse Your Space
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This is an engaging and fun project to cap off (or launch) any term or unit where you’ve spent some time encountering poetry. Students are encouraged to select a short “snippet” of poetry verse that is powerful & can stand on its own. They then make stencils and spray-paint the verse on the school parking lot.
NOTE: I have done this project with high school seniors (to decorate the “Senior Lot”), but I have also done varia
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6th - 12th
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