Curated OER
I Can Write a Poem
Using an outline, learners write a poem. The poem is focused on highlighting their experiences. This is a great way to combine language arts and an exploration of self esteem.
Curated OER
Poetry
Tenth graders write a poem. In this poetry lesson, 10th graders read the poem The Road Not Taken written by Robert Frost, answer discussion questions, add new stanzas to the poem and share them with the class.
Curated OER
The Poetry of Giving
Learn about philanthropy and poetic conventions with an inclusive lesson about Bill Gates. After learning about Mr. Gates' humanitarian efforts in the world, sixth graders use alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm, and refrain in...
Curated OER
Puffins
In this writing worksheet, students write an original acrostic poem about Puffins. Students write a descriptive word or adjective for each letter on the lines provided.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Personifying Abstractions
Students learn about personification and how to use it to when writing about abstract nouns. Finally, students write poems using the nouns they have chosen and personifications they have developed. Teacher and student instructions are...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Song Inspired Color Poetry
In this lesson young scholars listen to the songs "Over the Rainbow," sung by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and "Color Me Blind," sung by Extreme and read an excerpt from the book Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill. Then students work...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: How to Make Poetry
Young scholars 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.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Nash Ing the Animals
After reading several animal poems by Ogden Nash, learners imitate Nash's writing style to write animal poems of their own. Teacher instructions, printable graphic organizers, student instructions, student writing samples, and an idea...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Ab Cs of Poetry
Contains plans for a poetry lesson plan that asks students 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...
Other
Poetry4 Kids: Poetry Lessons
This resource offers guidance through the writing process of writing funny poetry. There are instructions on how to write a clerihew and an exaggeration poem.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: All About Us: Writing and Presenting Poetry
For this lesson learners write a poem about their class and classmates. Students then transfer their poems to individual presentation slides which are combined with their classmates' slides to create a class slideshow presentation. This...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Writing I Spy Riddle Rhymes
Work through each step of this interactive learning module to write your won Riddle Rhyme. This activity can be completed online or downloaded in PDF format.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: Start & Stop Game: Adjectives
To use this writing prompt generator, click on the button until you find an adjective that inspires a description or a poem in your mind. Sometimes just one good word can put a whole story idea in your head! The object of every Start...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: The Start and Stop Game: Verbs
To use this writing prompt generator, click on the button until you find a verb that inspires a description or a poem in your mind. Sometimes just one good word can put a whole story idea in your head! The object of every Start &...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: The Start and Stop Game: Phrases
To use this writing prompt generator, click on the button until you find a prepositional phrase that inspires a description or a poem in your mind. Sometimes just one good phrase can put a whole story idea in your head! The object of...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: The Start and Stop Game: Clauses
To use this writing prompt generator, click on the button until you find a subordinate clause that inspires a description or a poem in your mind. Sometimes just one good clause can put a whole story idea in your head! The object of every...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Expanding Serendipitous Similes in Poems
An explanation of simile and its role in poetry followed by a simile maker. Press the buttons to create a simile and then write a poem that expands that simile.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Serendipitous Personification for Poems
An explanation of personification and how it is used in poetry followed by a personification maker. Learners push the buttons to create a personification and then write a poem that uses and expands on it.
Other
Magnetic Poetry: Original Magnetic Poetry Kit
Move word tiles from the word bank onto the board to create sentences and poetry. Share final poems by emailing them to up to three addresses.
EL Education
El Education: Kids Book of Poetry
Students write acrostic name poems, sensory poems, and how-to poems and compile them into a class book of poetry.
EL Education
El Education: Trees Are Trees
An online book entitled Trees are Trees: A Collection of Poems and Letters by kindergarten students at the College School in St. Louis, Missouri. The book contains original poems and illustrations about nature which provide exemplary...
TES Global
Blendspace: Poetry Writing
A fifteen-part learning module with links to texts and videos about writing different types of poetry.