X.J. Kennedy
Teacher Resource File

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[Biography] [Lesson Plans]

Biography

X.J. Kennedy
Biography from Academy of American Poets
X.J. Kennedy
Biography from Bedford/ St. Martins

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Lesson Plans

Which Way Does the Wind Blow?
pdf file; grade 4 science; air, air pressure and wind; uses
poetry of Christina Rossetti from Talking Like the Rain
Exploration of the Art of Poetry
Secondary school English; bio-poems; "Epitaph for a Postal Clerk"
Rapping and Rhyming Poetry in Motion
Grade 7, dance & theater, poetry; By Jan Johnson from Yale
New Haven Lesson plans, poem "Down in Dallas"
Animals in Art - Carel van Kempen
Art activities & appreciation with science, language arts,
interdisciplinary activities; uses "The Kite That Braved Old
Orchard Beach"
Seeing with the Heart. Poetry in the Classroom
Grades 7 & 8; English; poetry & writing; Knock at a Star
Morning Letters for Ireland
Grades 1 & 2; limericks; "Uncle Switch Loony Limericks"

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