Poetry Lessons & Activities: Gallery of Worksheets (Grades 6-8)

The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and reading comprehension, while helping them to appreciate it as an art form.
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Types of Poetry

Types of Poetry

Students become familiar with the different types of poetry.
Heroic Couplets

Heroic Couplets

Review these couplets written in iambic pentameter.

Independent Reading Guide: Poetry

Independent Reading Guide: Poetry

Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of poetry, their responses to the selection, and the craft of the genre.
Promises: Writing a Poem

Promises: Writing a Poem

In this activity, students will learn why some events anticipate other events. Then they will write a poem about a promise.
Writing Weathergrams

Writing Weathergrams

Students will learn about weathergrams in this poetry activity. They will then write their own weathergram.
If I Were in Charge of the World

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 charge. They practice their word processing skills while writing and typing their own poems.
Acrostic Poems

Acrostic Poems

In this computer activity, students review acrostic poems and compose their own poem on a PowerPoint slide. Then, they illustrate their work with clip art, WordArt, or digital images.
Langston Hughes, an Everyday Poet

Langston Hughes, an Everyday Poet

Read about Langston Hughes's achievements, and explore the related activities to learn more about this renowned poet.

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Tell Me a Story, Write Me a Poem!

Tell Me a Story, Write Me a Poem!

Children practice storytelling and write a narrative poem.

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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.

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Poetry Jam! Sub Kit (Grades 7-8)

Substitute Teacher KitPoetry Jam! (Grades 7-8), English/Language Arts IntroductionMost seventh- and eighth-grade student...

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Inaugural Poetry

ObjectivesStudents will read and respond to poetry.Students will learn about the history of inaugural poetry.

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Well Versed: A Guide to Teaching Poetry

Well VersedA Guide to Teaching Poetry INTRODUCTION This guide offers tried and true techniques for bringing poetry in...

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Reading and Defining Poetry

Objectives: The students will find samples of poetry they like.

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