WORKSHEETS
Students write a poem about the invention of the wheel and then copy it onto a spinning wheel.
The poems in Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems explore the social and emotional issues facing middle-school…
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Explore different types of poetry with your elementary students through the writing activities and prompts in this…
Share with your class these 26 original works by celebrated English and American poets. Students will extend their…
Have fun teaching your students about poetry with questions, writing assignments, and drama activities that extend and…
Learn how to write concrete poems with these printable tips from Paul B. Janeczko. Share these tricks of the trade with…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Explore the outdoors this fall, with this autumn-themed poetry project. Students will learn poetry, observational…
ACTIVITIES
This festive packet, inspired by the classic poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, features a menu of Christmas ELA…
April is National Poetry Month! This themed packet was designed for elementary students, and includes a variety of…
LESSON PLANS
Students create an acrostic poem for fall.
In this poetry activity, students will be asked to demonstrate their knowledge of cause and effect.
In this activity, students explore the possibilities for nonverbal communication and emotion.
Explore an activity that incorporates reading, drawing and critical thinking into a poetry lesson.
Teach students about story sequence by rearranging the lines of the stanzas in correct order.
Mirror, Mirror: The Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer and Josée Masse is more than a picture book! Read each…
What's in a state? What makes it great? Students learn more about a chosen state and create a rhyming poem to display…
Welcome in the Fall season with this Autumn-themed poetry lesson! In these activities, based on the poem "As Soon As…
