8th Grade Poetry Lesson Plans

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Emotion Similes Writing Project

Examples of emotion similes, and a writing project for using them Learn about how to convey emotion in written…

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Poetry

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Types of Poetry

Students become familiar with the different types of poetry, including clerihew, diamonte, couplet, limerick, list…

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Metaphor Unit Poems

Students learn about metaphors and similes, and write a poem using metaphors.

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Poetry

Literary Style and Techniques

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Listening to Poems While Reading Along

Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived…

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Poetry

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Inaugural Poetry

Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the presidential election is…

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Reading Comprehension

Literature

Poetry

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Acrostic Poems

In this computer activity, students review acrostic poems and compose their own poem on a PowerPoint slide. Then, they…

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Poems, Poems, and More Poems

In this printable computer activity, students learn about different types of poetry. They practice their word processing…

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Well Versed: A Guide to Teaching Poetry

Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers tried and true techniques for bringing poetry into the lives of…

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If I Were in Charge of the World

In this computer activity, students read and discuss a poem, imagining what the world would be like if they were in…

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Poetry

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Harry Potter Haiku

Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.

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Literature

Teaching Harry Potter

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Cinquain Mosaics

In this word processing activity, students learn about cinquains and write their own cinquain. Then they illustrate…

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Poetry

Visual Arts

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Reading and Defining Poetry

By exploring a variety of poems, students will learn poetic techniques in this two-day lesson.

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Literary Style and Techniques

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Holiday Poems

Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa," or "Hanukkah." This is…

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Poetry

Creative Writing

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Acrostic Poem: Earth Day

In this printable computer activity, students practice formatting in word processing, as they create acrostic poems for…

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Science Poetry Packet

Use this science poetry packet to support your students to write three different types of poems about science: Haiku,…

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Science

Poetry

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