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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: Colorful Sensory Poems

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan allows students to explore color - both in literal and figurative terms. Students will read books about color, discuss the emotion involved with color, and incorporate color metaphors to write poems using the graphic...
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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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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Make 'Em Laugh or Cry Or

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After sharing chapter 19 of Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls as an example of emotion-evoking writing, the young scholars will write their own detailed and emotional paragraphs. Students can draw from background knowledge of a...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: 5th Grade Narrative Prompt: School Scenes in "Slow Motion"

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This exercise was designed to serve as a pre-writing activity for one of their three designated fifth grade practice prompts for the state writing exam. The prompt is: Think about a time when something special or unusual happened at...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Fracturing Tales Through Titles

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Students read The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman and then write their own fractured fairy tales using first-person point of view and dialogue. Teacher and student instructions are provided along with student writing samples, an...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Just the Facts, Ma'am

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students read The Web Files by Margie Palatini and use the format to write three-scene detective stories of their own. Teacher instructions, student instructions, and student writing samples are provided, as well as an interactive...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: What if Poems: Developing Imaginative Stanzas for an Original Poem

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson students will develop a "what if" poem using strong word choice and vocabulary.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Poems to Bug Your Reader: Develop a Poem About Invertebrates

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson students create a short poem utilizing the best word choice regarding an invertebrate.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Special Place Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson students will develop a poem while thinking about a special place. They will develop their ideas using strong word choice and figurative language. After the students have completed their ideas, they will be linked together...
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Lesson Plan
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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Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Left Brained Writing Prompt: Simple Formual Poem: The Cinquain

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Write about a topic of your choice using a CINQUAIN or click on the topic generator if you need help with a topic. A cinquain is a five-line poem that matches either the traditional format or the modern format. Cinquain templates are...
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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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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Chapter Book Writing Lesson: Beyond Once Upon a Time

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Learners are so used to hearing stories that start with the words Once upon a time and when writing their own stories, they often begin with these same words or with variations like One day I. Inspired by the novel Crispin by Avi This...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: So Much Depends Upon

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson young scholars will write a descriptive short story based upon 16-word imagery poems they have previously written.
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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Keeping the Writing Going

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
A list of seven writing ideas designed to inspire students to continue writing in Writers Workshop even after they have finished working on a specific piece.
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Graphic
abcteach

Abcteach: Peace Poem Form [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lovely printable, ruled form on which students can write a peace poem. Illustrated with a dove carrying an olive branch.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Imagism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Wikipedia site offers a brief description of what imagism was and a listing of the three principles of imagist poetry.
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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.