ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Ab Cs of Poetry
Contains plans for a poetry lesson that asks young scholars to write poems after brainstorming metaphors and other ideas as a group. Ideas are groups by different themes, like letters of the alphabet. In addition to objectives and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Poetry From Prose
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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Compiling Poetry Collections and a Working Definition of Poetry
Contains plans for eight lessons in a poetry unit that asks students to write poetry in various forms after reading models. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Writing Poems From Dragonfly Facts
In this activity, learners create rhyming poems, first as a class, then on their own, using facts that they have learned about dragonflies.