ASSESSMENT
Use this rubric when you are having your students write their own poetry. Grading your students work will be easier with…
WORKSHEETS
Students read and analyze a poem by Jose Garcia Villa.
WORKBOOKS
Use this poetry toolbox workbook to support your students to learn different poetic terms and devices, and then practice…
Read the full text of Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven," then analyze the poem with a lesson plan. A vocabulary list…
BOOK GUIDES
Distribute a guide about The Odyssey that provides discussion and essay questions as well as activities to precede,…
LESSON PLANS
This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for the history of lynching in…
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Poetry lesson planning for grades 9-12. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and…
Students use personal experience to write creatively in this poetry lesson plan. They'll think back and choose a dozen…
Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of poetry, their responses to the selection, and the craft…
LESSON
This three-day lesson digs deeper into poetic and literary critical thinking by having students read grade-level lexiled…
Learn about the history behind "In Flanders Fields" while reviewing tetrameter and sonnet form. This is an excellent…
Most poems are, on some level, the answer to a question that you might not have heard asked. In this poetry activity,…
REFERENCE
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…
This student handout will help students to read, understand, evaluate, and write poetry.
Beowulf is an epic poem written sometime around 900 A.D. and is well suited for students of all abilities. This…
An epic adventure poem from the beginning of Greek literature, The Iliad has long been attributed to the poet Homer,…
ACTIVITIES
This collection of poems from three highly regarded and important African American poets focuses on groundbreaking poems…
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic provides mentor texts for poetry with the content of…
This printable teacher's guide for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight offers information and activities designed to spark…
To celebrate Poetry Month, this resource shares 3 activities that will help high school students to engage with poetry…
In this poetry lesson plan, introduce (or re-familiarize) your students with metaphors. Then, encourage them to get…
Explore the meaning of "Hunger", a poem by Emily Dickinson.
A brief article about Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks.
