BOOK GUIDES
Download an educator's guide to the 2015 Newbery Medal-winning book The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. In this middle…
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Students will learn about alliteration, couplets, haikus, limericks, acrostic poems, and much more. All of these…
ACTIVITIES
A great way to reinforce or supplement a poetry lesson or unit! In this activity, students are asked to analyze a poem…
WORKSHEETS
Let this printable help you find online, classroom, or library resources for works by Shel Silverstein. This is an…
This creative writing activity supports elementary school students on their first day of school and helps teachers get…
Have fun with poetry! Students use the missing words to complete rhymes from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald…
The vocabulary words used in this lesson stem from realism literature. Students are asked to explore the…
This worksheet defines and gives examples of haiku poems, and helps students to write their own. Use this fun activity…
LESSON
This three-day lesson digs deeper into poetic and literary critical thinking by having students read grade-level lexiled…
Read about Langston Hughes's, an african american poet who is considered one of the best of all times. This biography…
Find suggestions for creating dinosaur-related poetry.
LESSON PLANS
Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way to teach students about…
Learn about the history behind "In Flanders Fields" while reviewing tetrameter and sonnet form. This is an excellent…
The activities in this substitute teacher kit (grades 7-8) will help students write and appreciate poetry.
Administer a quiz that gauges students' knowledge of poetry types and terms. You can use this during National Poetry…
Teach students to use a KWL and a Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How Charts to extract important details about a text.
Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived…
Use the classroom activities in this comprehensive teacher's guide to integrate Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets…
Learn about the birth of America through patriotic poems and songs.
TEACHING RESOURCE
This packet of strategies and tools for teaching poetry to ELLs will help ESL educators focus on building language arts…
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…
Review these couplets written in iambic pentameter.
Have your students unscramble these poetry vocabulary words. Then, ask them to define each term.
