8th Grade Poetry Worksheets

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  • 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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  • Types of Poetry Activity

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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
    Poetry
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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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    Reading Comprehension
    Literature
    Poetry
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  • Harry Potter Haiku Handout

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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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    Poetry
    Teaching Harry Potter
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  • Langston Hughes, an Everyday Poet

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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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    Poetry
    African-American History
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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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    Reading Comprehension
    Literature
    Poetry
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  • Poetry Terms Quiz

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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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    Poetry
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  • Listening to Poems While Reading Along

    LESSON PLANS

    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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    Poetry
    Authors
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  • Birth of America: Sample Page 3

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    Patriotic Poems and Songs

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

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    Poetry
    American History/U.S. History
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  • Heroic Couplets

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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

    LESSON PLANS

    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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    Literature
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  • Acrostic Poems

    LESSON PLANS

    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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    Literature
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  • WORKSHEETS

    How to Read a Poem

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

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    Poetry
    Reading Comprehension
    Reading Instruction
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  • If I Were in Charge of the World

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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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    Literature
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  • Writing a Poem

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    Writing a Poem

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

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    Poetry
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  • "The Man from Snowy River" Adaptation

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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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    Poetry
    Storytelling
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  • Writing Weathergrams

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    Writing Weathergrams

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

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    Poetry
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  • Caminar Educator's Guide

    BOOK GUIDES

    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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    Poetry
    Guatemala
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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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  • Cinquain Mosaics

    LESSON PLANS

    Cinquain Mosaics

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

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  • Comfort Teacher's Guide

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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…

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    Reading and Literature
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  • Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems Poetry-Writing Activities

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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…

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  • A Wreath for Emmett Till Teacher's Guide

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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…

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    Poetry
    Nonfiction Literature
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  • Holocaust Cinquain

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    Holocaust Cinquain

    Students write a poem about the Holocaust and illustrate it.

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    Poetry
    Holocaust
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