Walt whitman biography worksheet 6th

Walt Whitman is perhaps the most important American poet of all-time and his works continue to fascinate literary scholars. This resource provides your students with the opportunity to independently explore and write about the life of the "eaves of Grass" writer with this engaging research planner and essay assignment.

This carefully scaffolded and easy-to-assign-AND-assess resource has been designed to guide student learning from Walt Whitman fact-collection to the careful development of a five-paragraph research essay.

Teaching this resource could not be easier!

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Start by handing out the background research and note-taking worksheet (you could also ONLY hand this out if you want a shorter lesson!). Once students have found their facts and sources, provide them with the essay outline activity, which guides them step-by-step through the requirements of a short research essay.

From there, drafting their essay, using the provid