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Creative Writing Unit: Analyzing, Interpreting, Discussing and Writing Various Genres of African-American Literature Lesson PlanCreative Writing Unit: Analyzing, Interpreting, Discussing and Writing Various Genres of African-American Literature Lesson Plan
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Creative Writing Unit: Analyzing, Interpreting, Discussing and Writing Various Genres of African-American Literature

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A six-week unit takes high schoolers through various works of African-American literature, including poems, plays, and short stories. The lesson plan format includes a week-by-week description of activities, goals, materials, and assessments. Use this format during Black History Month or in a multicultural literature unit.

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metaphors, figurative language, literary devices, rhyme schemes, rhyming, ballads, types of poetry, sonnets, alice walker, literary elements, assonance, black history month, african american history

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assonance, ballad, black history month, Narrative Writing, literary elements, metaphors, rhyme scheme, sonnet, african-american literature, alice walker, extended metaphor, gwendolyn brooks, english language arts
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Grade
10th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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