Diverse Poetry (6-Week Unit)

Cultural Poetry From Across the World

This is a 6-week unit which includes lessons on the following diverse poems:
• Island Man by Grace Nichols
• Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker
• Nothing’s Changed by Tatamkhulu Afrika
• Presents From My Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi
• Limbo by Edward Kamu Brathwaite

Some of the lessons can be split into two lessons. Annotations are included.

Lessons include introduction to poetry, starter activities, comprehension questions, context, analysis on language and structure, writing activities and plenty of visuals to aid learning.

PPT is 131 slides long and each lesson is clearly distinguished.