Poetry Lesson Plans
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Poetry Lessons & Activities: Gallery of Worksheets (Grades 6-8)
Poetry lesson plans for Grades 6-8. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and reading…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingPoetry -
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An Autobiographical Poem
Students learn to write a formula poem, about a person. This can be adapted to any subject matter.SubjectsReading and LiteraturePoetryLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Getting to Know Each Other Through Poetry
Students get to know each other through a poetry writing activity.SubjectsReading and LiteraturePoetryCreative Writing -
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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…SubjectsReading and LiteraturePoetryCreative Writing -
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Types of Poetry
Students become familiar with the different types of poetry, including clerihew, diamonte, couplet, limerick, list…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingPoetry -
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Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit"
This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for the history of lynching in…SubjectsReading and LiteraturePoetryAfrican-American History -
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Poetry Lessons & Worksheets: Gallery of Activities (Grades 9-12)
Poetry lesson planning for grades 9-12. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingPoetry -
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A Real Santa Claus Poetry Pack
After reading the Christmas poem A Real Santa Claus by Frank Dempster Sherman, students will complete a cloze activity…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingPoetry -
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The "I Remember" Poem
Students use personal experience to write creatively in this poetry lesson plan. They'll think back and choose a dozen…Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryCreative Writing -
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Metaphor Unit Poems
Students learn about metaphors and similes, and write a poem using metaphors.SubjectsReading and LiteraturePoetryLiterary Style and Techniques -
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Poetry Lessons & Worksheets: Gallery of Activities (Grades 3-5)
Poetry is an ideal way to help students with fluency and to appreciate the beauty of words. Use these activities to help…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingPoetry -
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The Sad Shoes Poetry Activity: Main Idea and Supporting Details
A great way to reinforce or supplement a poetry lesson or unit! In this activity, students are asked to analyze a poem…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingReading and LiteraturePoetry -
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Recycled Poetry
Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way to teach students about…SubjectsReading and LiteraturePoetryCreative Writing -
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The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields"
Learn about the history behind "In Flanders Fields" while reviewing tetrameter and sonnet form. This is an excellent…SubjectsReading and LiteraturePoetrySocial Studies and History -
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Woodpecker Poetry Pack
Teach students to use a KWL and a Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How Charts to extract important details about a text.Subjects:PoetryAnimals (Zoology)Reading -
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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…Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryAuthors -
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A Good Play Poetry Pack
In this poetry activity, students identify the characters in the poem, the setting, and the main events; and predict…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingPoetry -
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Inaugural Poetry
Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the presidential election is…SubjectsReading ComprehensionLiteraturePoetry -
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"Bonefish, Bluebird" Music & Poetry Lesson Plan
This lesson plan is designed for 3rd grade but can be used in grades K-5. Students will read the definition of poetry,…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureMusicPoetry -
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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…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiteraturePoetry -
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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…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiteraturePoetry -
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Tell Me a Story, Write Me a Poem!
Children practice storytelling and write a narrative poem.Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryCreative Writing -
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Answer to an Unasked Question
Most poems are, on some level, the answer to a question that you might not have heard asked. In this poetry activity,…Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryCreative Writing -
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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…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiteraturePoetry
