8th Grade Poetry Worksheets

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Language Arts and Writing

Poetry

Creative Writing

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Types of Poetry

Students become familiar with the different types of poetry, including clerihew, diamonte, couplet, limerick, list…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

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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Reading Comprehension

Literature

Poetry

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Harry Potter Haiku Handout

This worksheet defines and gives examples of haiku poems, and helps students to write their own. Use this fun activity…

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Teaching Harry Potter

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Langston Hughes, an Everyday Poet

Read about Langston Hughes's, an african american poet who is considered one of the best of all times. This biography…

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

African-American History

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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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Reading Comprehension

Literature

Poetry

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Poetry Terms Quiz

Administer a quiz that gauges students' knowledge of poetry types and terms. You can use this during National Poetry…

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Language Arts and Writing

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Listening to Poems While Reading Along

Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived…

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Authors

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Patriotic Poems and Songs

Learn about the birth of America through patriotic poems and songs.

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

American History/U.S. History

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Heroic Couplets

Review these couplets written in iambic pentameter.

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Literary Style and Techniques

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Poems, Poems, and More Poems

In this printable computer activity, students learn about different types of poetry. They practice their word processing…

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Reading and Literature

Literature

Poetry

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Acrostic Poems

In this computer activity, students review acrostic poems and compose their own poem on a PowerPoint slide. Then, they…

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Reading and Literature

Literature

Poetry

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How to Read a Poem

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

Subjects:

Poetry

Reading Comprehension

Reading Instruction

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If I Were in Charge of the World

In this computer activity, students read and discuss a poem, imagining what the world would be like if they were in…

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Reading and Literature

Literature

Poetry

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Writing a Poem

Students write poems in different styles, such as Haiku and couplet.

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Creative Writing

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"The Man from Snowy River" Adaptation

"The Man from Snowy River" is a poem that was adapted into a film and a TV show. In this activity, students will choose…

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Storytelling

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Writing Weathergrams

Students will learn about weathergrams in this poetry activity. They will then write their own weathergram.

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Poetry

Creative Writing

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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 Literature

Poetry

Language Arts and Writing

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Cinquain Mosaics

In this word processing activity, students learn about cinquains and write their own cinquain. Then they illustrate…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Poetry

Visual Arts

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Comfort Teacher's Guide

Incorporate creative arts into your curriculum through the poetry, drama, and discussion activities in this teacher's…

Subjects:

Literature

Reading and Literature

Fiction

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Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems Poetry-Writing Activities

Help students write original poems based on their personal experiences with the seven writing activities in this…

Subjects:

Poetry

Writing

Reading Instruction

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A Wreath for Emmett Till Teacher's Guide

Preparation assignments, group discussion questions about lynching and civil rights, and many other resources are…

Subjects:

Literature

Poetry

Nonfiction Literature

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Holocaust Cinquain

Students write a poem about the Holocaust and illustrate it.

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Poetry

Holocaust

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