EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Poetry lesson plans for Grades 6-8. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and reading…
WORKSHEETS
Students read and analyze a poem by Jose Garcia Villa.
Students become familiar with the different types of poetry, including clerihew, diamonte, couplet, limerick, list…
LESSON PLANS
After reading the Christmas poem A Real Santa Claus by Frank Dempster Sherman, students will complete a cloze activity…
Poetry lesson planning for grades 9-12. The study of poetry can lead your students to new levels of creativity and…
Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of poetry, their responses to the selection, and the craft…
Poetry is an ideal way to help students with fluency and to appreciate the beauty of words. Use these activities to help…
The vocabulary words used in this lesson stem from realism literature. Students are asked to explore the…
Teach students to use a KWL and a Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How Charts to extract important details about a text.
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…
After reading "The Planet of Mars" by Shel Silverstein and The Planets in Our Solar System by Franklyn M. Branley,…
REFERENCE
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…
This student handout will help students to read, understand, evaluate, and write poetry.
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…
Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.
BOOK GUIDES
This printable teacher's guide for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight offers information and activities designed to spark…
ACTIVITIES
Students will immerse themselves in the poems of Emily Dickinson by writing, researching, drawing, and more.
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.