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The Favorite Poem Project: Walt Whitman From "Song of Myself" Instructional VideoThe Favorite Poem Project: Walt Whitman From "Song of Myself" Instructional Video
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Favorite Poem Project
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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Instructional Videos
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Lexile Measures
1370L
Instructional Video

The Favorite Poem Project: Walt Whitman From "Song of Myself"

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In this video episode [5:36] from The Favorite Poem Project, John Doherty, a construction worker from Boston, describes himself and explains why Walt Whitman's poem entitled "Song of Myself" is an inspiration to his life. Then Doherty reads aloud "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman.

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Concepts

close reading, poetry, walt whitman, american literature

Additional Tags

poem, poetry lessons, reading closely, "song of myself", favorite poetry project, library of congress, poet laureate, robert pinsky, the favorite poem project

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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