TEACHING RESOURCE
This packet of strategies and tools for teaching poetry to ELLs will help ESL educators focus on building language arts…
LESSON PLANS
In this poetry activity, students identify the characters in the poem, the setting, and the main events; and predict…
Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the presidential election is…
BOOK GUIDES
This teaching guide for A Child of Books includes activities, projects, discussion questions, printables and games that…
This lesson plan is designed for 3rd grade but can be used in grades K-5. Students will read the definition of poetry,…
Children practice storytelling and write a narrative poem.
In this printable computer activity, students learn about different types of poetry. They practice their word processing…
In this computer activity, students review acrostic poems and compose their own poem on a PowerPoint slide. Then, they…
Thirteen of the most popular nursery rhymes are collected here.
REFERENCE
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…
WORKSHEETS
After reading "The Planet of Mars" by Shel Silverstein and The Planets in Our Solar System by Franklyn M. Branley,…
Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.
Teach your students how to write a narrative poem based on a prose realistic fiction selection using this detailed…
Students illustrate a poem wile predicting what will happen in each stanza.
Use this poem to teach students about interpreting metaphor and fantasy in poetry. I Dreamed I Was a Snowman is a great…
In this computer activity, students read and discuss a poem, imagining what the world would be like if they were in…
ACTIVITIES
Students will immerse themselves in the poems of Emily Dickinson by writing, researching, drawing, and more.
Students write a Fall poem and explore rhyming patterns.
Students write fall-themed haikus, then decorate paper with beautiful autumn scenes on which to write their poetry. …
In this poetry activity, students attempt to determine the main idea the author wishes to present.
Use this poem to teach students about responsibility.
Use this poem to teach students about caring.
Students will construct a drawing demonstrating understanding of descriptive details from the poem and other texts.
