Poems for The Outsiders

25 copies of “I’m Nobody!  Who Are You?” – Emily Dickinson
2 copies of “I am an Italian American” – Angelo Bianchi  http://handymanwire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/290249/I_am_an_Italian_American

2 copies of “My Wheelchair Had Wings” – Michele Sutphin
http://www.voicesnet.org/poetrydisplay.aspx?poemid=177569

2 copies of “Alienation” – Ronald W. Hull
http://ronhullauthor.com/poems/alienation.htm   --Tacky

2 copies of “Sheep in Fog” – Sylvia Plath  
http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/sylvia-plath/sheep-in-fog/

2 copies of “Outsiders” – James Grengs
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/outsiders/

2 copies of “Please Hear What I’m Not Saying” – Charles C. Finn
http://www.poetrybycharlescfinn.com/pleasehear.html

2 copies of “Mending Wall” – Robert Frost
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mending-wall/

2 copies of “Psalm 55”
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+55&version=KJV

2 copies of the lyrics of “Heartbreak Hotel” – Elvis Presley
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/elvispresley/heartbreakhotel.html

2 copies of the lyrics of “Lonely” – Akon
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/akon/lonely.html


2 copies of the lyrics of “Fool on the Hill” – the Beatles
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beatles/thefoolonthehill.html

2 copies of the lyrics of “Iris” – the Goo Goo Dolls
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/googoodolls/iris.html

• I will read “I’m Nobody!  Who Are You?” aloud, and, on an overhead projector, model note taking on the poem.  (3 minutes) 
• I will ask a student to read another poem aloud, and, as a class, the students will practice reflecting on the poem’s theme of alienation or individuality by taking notes.  A student will write the class’s notes on the board.  (3-4 minutes)
• Copies of the poems/songs will be set on 12 desks around the room.  Students will circulate throughout the room, taking and reading as many poems as they reasonably and efficiently can, silently taking notes in their notebooks on the poems.  (25 minutes) 
• The class will regroup and students will share some of the notes they took on some of the poems they read. (10 minutes)  To guide the discussion, I will ask the students questions such as:

“Briefly summarize the poem you read.”
 “How does this poem deal with being an outsider?”
“What was unique or different about the character/s in this poem?”
“Does this poem display being an outsider as a positive thing?”

from Maria Macioce
http://www.d.umn.edu/~lmillerc/TeachingEnglishHomePage/TeachingUnits/TheOutsiders-MariaMacioce.htm