• Scoring Rubric Poetry for Language Arts and Writing Classes

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    Scoring Rubric: Poetry

    Use this rubric when you are having your students write their own poetry. Grading your students work will be easier with…

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    Analyze a Jose Garcia Villa Poem

    Students read and analyze a poem by Jose Garcia Villa.

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  • Elements of Poetry Workbook

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    Elements of Poetry Workbook

    Use this poetry toolbox workbook to support your students to learn different poetic terms and devices, and then practice…

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  • "The Raven" Poem & Activities

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    "The Raven" Poem & Activities

    Read the full text of Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven," then analyze the poem with a lesson plan. A vocabulary list…

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    The Odyssey

    Distribute a guide about The Odyssey that provides discussion and essay questions as well as activities to precede,…

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    Poetry Lessons & Worksheets: Gallery of Activities (Grades 9-12)

    Poetry lesson planning for grades 9-12. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and…

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  • The "I Remember" Poem

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    The "I Remember" Poem

    Students use personal experience to write creatively in this poetry lesson plan. They'll think back and choose a dozen…

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  • Independent Reading Guide: Poetry

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    Independent Reading Guide: Poetry

    Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of poetry, their responses to the selection, and the craft…

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  • Denotation/Connotation

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    Denotation/Connotation

    The vocabulary words used in this lesson stem from realism literature. Students are asked to explore the…

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  • Answer to an Unasked Question

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    Answer to an Unasked Question

    Most poems are, on some level, the answer to a question that you might not have heard asked. In this poetry activity,…

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    Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One

    This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…

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    How to Read a Poem

    This student handout will help students to read, understand, evaluate, and write poetry.

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  • Beowulf

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    Beowulf

    Beowulf is an epic poem written sometime around 900 A.D. and is well suited for students of all abilities. This…

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  • The Iliad Teacher's Guide

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    The Iliad Teacher's Guide

    An epic adventure poem from the beginning of Greek literature, The Iliad has long been attributed to the poet Homer,…

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    Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series Two

    This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…

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  • The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic Teachers' Guide

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    The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic Teachers' Guide

    The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic provides mentor texts for poetry with the content of…

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  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Teacher's Guide

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Teacher's Guide

    This printable teacher's guide for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight offers information and activities designed to spark…

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  • Poetry Packet for High School

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    National Poetry Month Themed Packet for High School

    To celebrate Poetry Month, this resource shares 3 activities that will help high school students to engage with poetry…

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  • Build a Better Metaphor

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    Build a Better Metaphor

    In this poetry lesson plan, introduce (or re-familiarize) your students with metaphors. Then, encourage them to get…

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  • Caminar Educator's Guide

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    Caminar Educator's Guide

    Caminar, a novel in verse inspired by actual events during Guatemala's civil war, is the moving story of a boy who loses…

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  • A Poem Written on a Bridge

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    A Poem Written on a Bridge

    Students read the poem in this printable titled "Composed on Westminster Bridge" by William Wordsworth, and then answer…

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    Reading and Defining Poetry

    By exploring a variety of poems, students will learn poetic techniques in this two-day lesson.

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    "Hunger" by Emily Dickinson

    Explore the meaning of "Hunger", a poem by Emily Dickinson.

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    Gwendolyn Brooks

    A brief article about Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks.

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