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Worksheet
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Walrus Color And Write

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science worksheet students study a realistic picture of 2 walruses. On the lines below students write facts, stories or poetry about walruses.
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Language Arts: Writing Diamante Poems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover how to write diamante poems and review the parts of speech contained in them. After writing poems about their teacher, they create ones about themselves. The poems, assessed for creativity and handwriting, are then...
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Poetry in Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and identify the various types of clouds. They compare clouds to clouds on a chart, and in small groups compose and present a group poem about clouds and weather.
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Writing
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Printable Poem Starter: If You Were an Ornament

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Students have the opportunity to finish a Christmas-themed poem about an ornament hanging on a tree. The first two lines establish a simple rhyme scheme that students can follow as they finish the poem. The worksheet includes a picture...
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Acrostic Poem- Christmas Toys

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this holiday writing instructional activity, students write an acrostic poem using the form which has the word TOYS written vertically. Students use each letter to begin their lines of poetry, then color the Christmas toys.
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Worksheet
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Valentine's Day Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students use the letters in the word Valentine to write an acrostic poem. Students write 9 lines for the poem.
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Worksheet
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Acrostic Poem-Flag

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this acrostic poem worksheet, learners write an acrostic poem using the word "flag," then color a picture of the flag. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Add a Stanze to a Poem

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this poem worksheet, students add a stanza to a given poem, using information they know about monarch butterflies.
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Lesson Plan
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"Name Game" Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Pupils write a poem by choosing a word and then creating a poem out of the individual letters of their word. They brainstorm words for each letter of their poem then create it and publish it using a word processor.
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Worksheet
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Animal Poetry

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this animal poetry worksheet, learners gather information about an animal and follow a sample to write an animal poem. Page has links to additional activities.
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Lesson Plan
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Small Group Shared Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discuss elements of effective writing in small groups. They work together to critique individual and group writing focusing on including supporting details.
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Activity
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Five Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Every writer knows how terrible writer's block can feel. Use these five writer's block-busting techniques to help young writers get out of their rut and into a better state of mind.
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Lesson Plan
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Fabulous, Fractured Fables

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Elementary schoolers develop an awareness of the literary form known as the fable. They explore how authors write fables to pass along moral lessons. After reading and discussing many famous fables embedded in the plan, learners attempt...
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Lesson Planet Article
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Learning with Walt Whitman

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Use poetry as a mode for creating interest and cross discipline learning.
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Unit Plan
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Gifted and Talented Enrichment Curriculum

For Teachers K - 6th
Looking to start or support a Gifted and Talented program? An 80-page packet outlines grade-leveled lessons in all subject areas as school district's Gifted and Talented enrichment curriculum.
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Lesson Plan
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Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read or listen to a story, and discuss how it relates to them. In this personal event writing activity, students write about recycling. Students read "The Giving Tree" a Shel Silverstein poem and discuss the poem's meaning....
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Lesson Plan
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Hailstones & Halibut Bones: Using Color to Teach Adjectives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners write original color poems based on the poems in the book, "Hailstones and Halibut Bones." They select a color, develop a list of adjectives and characteristics, write a poem, and create a drawing.
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Lesson Plan
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Give a Hoot About Owls

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research basic information about owls. They complete a class KWL chart, and conduct research on owls using the Internet and a variety of resource books. Next, they write an owl acrostic poem and a report using their research...
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Lesson Plan
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Cool Melons Turn to Frogs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders become familiar with the poetry of Issa. For this haiku lesson, 3rd graders recognize the format of a haiku and learn about the life of Issa (the poet) through focused questions, vocabulary and reading responses. Students...
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Transforming Negatives to Positives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write diamonte poems that correspond to the double-exposed photograph they created.  In this poetry and multimedia artwork lesson, students use the photographic process to create a double-exposed photo then create...
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Lesson Plan
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Finding Synonyms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Student identify synonyms in poetry. In this grammar lesson, students define what a synonym is and view several examples on the board. Students read a selected poem on an overhead transparency and circle the synonyms.
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Lesson Planet Article
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Poetic Devices in Songs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
By teaching about poetic devices in music teachers can provide a creative way to practice reading, writing, and language skills.
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Lesson Plan
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Follow the Directions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars listen to a confusing poem about baseball. In this clear writing lesson, students write a set of directions for a game.  Young scholars rewrite their directions until they are clearly understood.   Students make...
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Worksheet
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Social Studies Strategies: Terquain

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this worksheet on writing a terquain, students draw a picture of a subject matter and follow the directions to write a three-line poem about the topic. Students complete four activities.

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