REFERENCE
Students learn to write a formula poem, about a person. This can be adapted to any subject matter.
LESSON PLANS
Students get to know each other through a poetry writing activity.
WORKBOOKS
Use this poetry toolbox workbook to support your students to learn different poetic terms and devices, and then practice…
WORKSHEETS
Students will write a jingle to advertise their favorite products. The writing process involves creating rhyming lines…
Examples of emotion similes, and a writing project for using them Learn about how to convey emotion in written…
Students become familiar with the different types of poetry, including clerihew, diamonte, couplet, limerick, list…
Use this template when writing a bio poem, a great format for students to write creatively about themselves and get to…
ACTIVITIES
This collection of ideas will help students to love poetry from creation to recitation.
After reading the Christmas poem A Real Santa Claus by Frank Dempster Sherman, students will complete a cloze activity…
Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of poetry, their responses to the selection, and the craft…
Students learn about metaphors and similes, and write a poem using metaphors.
A great activity for Poetry Month, creative writing classes, or a language arts unit. Students practice writing poetry…
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Poetry is an ideal way to help students with fluency and to appreciate the beauty of words. Use these activities to help…
BOOK GUIDES
Download an educator's guide to the 2015 Newbery Medal-winning book The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. In this middle…
A great way to reinforce or supplement a poetry lesson or unit! In this activity, students are asked to analyze a poem…
Let this printable help you find online, classroom, or library resources for works by Shel Silverstein. This is an…
Have fun with poetry! Students use the missing words to complete rhymes from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald…
This worksheet defines and gives examples of haiku poems, and helps students to write their own. Use this fun activity…
Find suggestions for creating dinosaur-related poetry.
Read about Langston Hughes's, an african american poet who is considered one of the best of all times. This biography…
Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character portrayal.
Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way to teach students about…
Teach students to use a KWL and a Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How Charts to extract important details about a text.
TEACHING RESOURCE
This packet of strategies and tools for teaching poetry to ELLs will help ESL educators focus on building language arts…