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Lesson Plan
University of Oregon

University of Oregon: Cinquain Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Discover how to write a cinquain poem when you visit this resource. This site features a sample of a cinquain and directions to create your own. Come and check out how much fun poetry can be.
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Lesson Plan
University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Cinquain Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage learners in writing cinquain poems. Examples of cinquain poems are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.
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Lesson Plan
University of Oregon

University of Oregon: Diamante Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Do you know how to write a diamante poem? Check out this site to learn how to accomplish this task. This site features a lesson plan for writing poetry.
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Lesson Plan
University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Diamante Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing diamante poems. Examples of diamante poems are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.
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Lesson Plan
University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Limerick Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing limerick poems. An example of a limerick poem is provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.
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Lesson Plan
University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Name Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage learners in writing personal poems. Examples of personal poems are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.
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Lesson Plan
University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Up and Down Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing up and down poems. An example of an up and down poem is provided.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Prose Poetry Paragraphs

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Inspired by the vignettes of Sandra Cisneros, students will write about a familiar thing from their lives. Students will use the style of prose poetry to describe something familiar around their home, school or neighborhood. The final...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Listen to the Word Choice of Authors: Crafting a Poem

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Young scholars will analyze a poem's word choice and then create a poem of their own using word wall vocabulary.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Animals Not to [Verb] With

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students will create 4 original poems within a particular rhythm and rhyme scheme.
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Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Left Brained Writing Prompt: Simple Formula Poems: Diamonte

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Diamantes are poems that form a diamond-shape, and they are often about two opposite ideas. Write to topics of your choosing using a DIAMANTE or if you need help with a topic, click on the topic generator for ideas. Really try to include...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Between Repeated Lines

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson plan young scholars will write a poem about someone they love after they have brainstormed an original idea.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Start and Stop Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this instructional activity students will analyze the cyclical patterns within poetry.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: How to Make Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Students learn how to write poetry through ten Writing Workshop mini-lessons. Students complete the graphic organizers provided while learning to notice details, write similes and metaphors, and create patterns in their writing.
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Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Structure Within Prose

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Read an excerpt from the story "The Turkey Maiden" to learn about the different elements then practice on your own.
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Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Haiku Starter

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
A printable, two-page graphic organizer to help students brainstorm ideas and write a rough draft of a haiku. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Composing Cinquain Poems With Basic Parts of Speech

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Reinforce student understanding of parts of speech through the analysis of sample cinquain poems followed by the creation of original cinquains.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Letter Poems: Experimenting With Line Breaks in Poetry Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students explore letter poems and experiment with writing letters as poems, using the placement of line breaks to enhance rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lonely as a Cloud: Using Poetry to Understand Similes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Students identify similes in poetry and gain experience in using similes as a poetic device in their own work.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Multipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
How do you develop a cross curricular activity? Come to this website and watch this lesson unfold into several curricular areas.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Peace Poems and Picasso Doves

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan develops "think-aloud strategies" for reading poetry and incorporating symbols of peace in poetry and art. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: What Makes Poetry? Exploring Line Breaks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan explains how analyzing poetry is a many-layered process. This lesson plan introduces the special characteristics of poetry and leads students through a look at how poems are structured and why. Includes links to poems...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Dynamite Diamante Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that teach about parts of speech, gerunds, and vocabulary by having students write diamante poetry. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetry From Prose

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson teaches students to create an original poem based on select words and phrases from a prose piece. Also encourages students to model poetic forms after found poems.