WORKSHEETS
Review iambic pentameter with your students.
REFERENCE
Here is a selection of poetic quotations about winter time that will inspire your students.
A brief article about poet Phillis Wheatley.
BOOK GUIDES
This discussion guide for Applesauce Weather includes questions suitable for in-class discussion or reflective writing,…
TEACHING RESOURCE
The text of Samuel Coleridge's Kubla Khan.
Read a brief biography of W.B. Yeats.
The Bollingen Prize in Poetry is a $50,000 award, given biennially, from 1949 to present-day.
Read different memorial poems.
This alphabetical list of poetry terms and vocabulary includes definitions and examples of the most common and important…
Read this biography to learn about the life, poems, and songs of Robert Burns (1759–1796).
A list of Pulitzer Prize winners for Poetry.
If you are interested in having your students' writing published, send their work to the publications in this list.
ACTIVITIES
This poetry activity for middle school students is perfect for helping them learn about Martin Luther King Jr.. This…
This Christmas mini-project, focused around the classic holiday poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, is perfect for…
This packet of reading, writing, and poetry Christmas printables based on the poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, is…
This resource provides 4 poetry strategies and 3 poetry printable activities for how to teach poetry to elementary…
Increase social studies skills with an activity that has students writing a poem about being an American citizen.
Incorporate creative arts into your curriculum through the poetry, drama, and discussion activities in this teacher's…
The poems in Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems explore the social and emotional issues facing middle-school…
Help students write original poems based on their personal experiences with the seven writing activities in this…
Preparation assignments, group discussion questions about lynching and civil rights, and many other resources are…
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…
After reading Jaha and Jamil Went Down the Hill, a book of verses about Africa, have students write their own poems…
