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B-A-G+E
Budding musicians discuss rhythmic notation and melody as they play a bar instrument or recorder. They use the notes B, A, G, and E to play a simple melody, and then they use those same four notes to turn a poem into a song. They...
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Introduction to Ludwig van Beethoven
"Ode to la Tortilla" and "Ode to Joy"? Sure! Use Gary Soto's poem to introduce learners to the ode format. After examining the descriptive words Soto uses, class members study a poster of Ludwig van Beethoven, suggest words that describe...
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Clerihew
Learners explore how to create a Cherihew poem. They know that a Cherihew is a poem. Students write their own Cherihew poem. They are given examples of of a Cherihew. Learners are shown that the poem has four lines and is often written...
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Arthur Meets the President - Lesson 5
Students type acrostic poems. In this poetry lesson, students read stories and poems written by other children and use a word processing program to type their own acrostic poems.
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Haiku
Students discuss haiku poems and how they are written with a certain number of syllables in each line. They look at examples and then write their own haiku poems and publish them on the computer.
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Johnny Appleseed
Students listen to a story about Johnny Appleseed while learning about how Johnny contributed to history. Students brainstorm rhyming words and write a poem using those words.
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Preparation -- The Right Way to Help and FOrm for Poetic Reflection
Students prepare for their service learning project by listening to a representative from the Lake Michigan Federation. They volunteer their time to clean up the coast line. They reflect on the event by writing a poem about their...
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The Time I Got Lost
Third graders go through the writing process but substitute paper and pencil with the computer to create a story about "The Time I Got Lost".
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Look at What I Did at School!
Third graders use an outline to write a letter to their parents sharing their week at school.
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Marine Life Writing Paper
In this writing worksheet, learners write on lined paper decorated with a colorful border of fish. Students may use this for poetry, stories, journals, or letters.
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Toads and Frogs Writing Paper
In this writing worksheet, students write on lined paper decorated with a colorful border of realistic frogs and toads. Students may use this for poetry, stories, journals, reports or letters.
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St. Patrick's Day Writing Paper
In this writing worksheet, young scholars use the blank lined paper with a colorful St. Patrick's Day border for any kind of writing; reports, poetry, stories or letters.
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Something About Me
Young scholars write a list poem based on a word that describes them. The teacher uses the poems to compile a book about students in the class.
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Cloud Haiku
Students listen as a haiku is read by the teacher, determining what season is being portrayed in the poem. Students work together as a class and create a model haiku, then complete a worksheet, completing their own poem. Students will...
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Cinquain Poems
Students write five-line, diamond shaped poems that are very easy to write then submit one through an automatic PIZZAZZ form.
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Trees
In this reading worksheet, students write the rhyming words of a rhyme pattern. Students also count the number of syllables in each line and draw a picture of a tree.
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Auto-Bio Poem
Students create an autobiographical poem. In this writing lesson, students write an eleven line autobiopoem after read the teacher's model. Students include their name, fears, and family in the poem.
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Mother's Day
Students construct Mother's Day cards. In this holiday instructional activity, students use art supplies to create Mother's Day cards. Students may include an acrostic poem about their mother or a coupon book for their mother.
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Baseball
In this poetry instructional activity, learners write a creative poem utilizing each of the first letters in the word baseball on each line and then come up with words that describe baseball using only those letters on each line.
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Cloud Paper-- Horizontal
In this cloud paper worksheet, students use the horizontal lines with the cloud border to write. This could be used for creative writing or letters. Students color the border.
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Introduce Vocabulary: My Chinatown: One Year in Poems
Students explore tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary activity, students work in small groups assessing the meaning of new vocabulary words. Students record vocabulary in a word journal or discovery chart.
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Teachers.Net Toy Parade (Elementary, Reading/Writing
Children bring in a toy, favorite or otherwise, and describe it using adjectives and adverbs. They fold a piece of paper into two columns, and list the adjectives on one side, and the adverbs on the other.
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Word Choice
Although this presentation does not have a clear purpose, it could be used as a reading, vocabulary, or poetry exploration. The presentation focuses on three poems, one of them by Edgar Allan Poe. Furthermore, it could be used as a...
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Reward: Valuable Slaves
To gain insight into the American institution of slavery and how African Americans were viewed during this time, groups examine run-away slave ads and slave auction broadsides. Teams use the provided worksheet to record their impressions...
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