This Writing Guide for Karen Hesse's novel Out of the Dust focuses on poetry, including free verse and blank verse, and poetic devices like simile, metaphor, alliteration, consonance, and assonance. It is structured as a 16-day lesson plan, with daily activities and questions requiring critical and analytical thinking, personal response, and references to the novel.
This Writing Guide for Karen Hesse's novel Out of the Dust focuses on poetry, including free verse and blank verse, and poetic devices like simile, metaphor, alliteration, consonance, and assonance. It is structured as a 16-day lesson plan, with daily activities and questions requiring critical and analytical thinking, personal response, and references to the novel.
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Book Summary — 227 pages
Critical Thinking — Difficult
Focus — Poetry
Focus Guide — 3 weeks
Grade Level — 6th – 9th
