1. AGENDA How can I mirror Cummings writing?
--WN: Are humans innately good, evil, neither, both? Respond.
-Humanity Pictures and Response
-Read, “”Humanity I Love You.”
-Writing: Do you own “Humanity” poem
-Closing: one thing I learned, or liked about today’s poem was…

2. What are we learning?
How can I mirror Cummings writing?

3. WN Response:
Do you think humans are innately good? Innately evil? Both, or neither?
Explain…

4. HUMANITY PICTURES
You will be writing a poem later on today, but first, I want to give you some inspiration…
1. Look at the picture.
2. Write a quick response or reaction.

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15. MENTOR TEXT: “HUMANITY I LOVE YOU”
Let’s read a poem called “Humanity I Love You…”
Annotate what you think is interesting, creative, or worth recreating…

16. PICTURE REVISIT
We will look back at these humanity pictures, but this time write a “Humanity I…” line based on the image…

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27. YOUR TURN Write your own “Humanity I…” poem.
Think about structure, the pictures, and other things Cummings does that are creative and worth “borrowing.”

28. CLOSING
Shares.
What did you learn, or like about today’s poem?