This Lesson's Title:

You Can't Ask for That! Poetry

This comparison/contrast lesson was created by NNWP Teacher Consultant Dena Harrison. You can access all of Dena's on-line lessons by visiting her classroom webpage.

The intended "mentor texts" to be used when teaching this writing across the curriculum lesson are the song Love Song by Sarah Bareilles and the poem Valentine for Ernest Mann by Naomi Shihab Nye. Before writing, students should listen to and discuss the writing of both authors.

Purchase Love Song at Amazon.com.

Search for Valentine For Ernest Mann at Google.

Additional Samples for this Writing Activity:

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