CommonLit
Common Lit: Walking Down Park by Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni is one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement and has won numerous awards. Her work ranges from covering topics on race, gender, the African American experience and social issues to children's literature and...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Truth
A learning module that begins with "Truth" by Nikki Grimes, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Common Lit: This World
A learning module that begins with the poem "This World" by Mary Oliver, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Common Lit: Legacies
A learning module that begins with "Legacies" by Nikki Giovanni, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Jabari Unmasked
A learning module that begins with the poem "Jabari Unmasked" by Nikki Grimes, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Gate a 4
A learning module that begins with "Gate A-4" Naomi Shihab Nye, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read Edgar Allan Poe?
What is it that makes Edgar Allan Poe one of the greatest American authors? Scott Peeples investigates.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Tickle Tackle Botticelli
A learning module that begins with the poem "Tickle Tackle Botticelli" by JonArno Lawson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Marianne Moore Two Poems
This collection, from the e-text library at the University of Virginia, provides the texts of two poems originally published in "The Dial" magazine, "Picking and Choosing" and "England."
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Poems of Tennyson and Noyes: Pictures in Words
This is a great and informative site. This instructional activity uses Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and Noyes's "The Highwayman" to teach vivid imagery and figurative language. Don't miss out.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "When I Was a Baby" Poetry Theater
This site provides poetry theater for emergent young readers. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will engage in "When I Was a Baby": A Poem in Two Voices. Students will read...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Pleasure of Poetic Pattern
Humans are creatures of rhythm and repetition. From our breath to our gait: rhythm is central to our experience, and often brings us pleasure. We can find pleasure in the rhythm of a song, or even the rows of an orchard. Of course, too...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Poetic Forms
This site shares numerous poetic forms. The following poetic forms are highlighted: rondeau, triolet, pastoral, pantoum, found, ghazal, dramatic monolgue, and blues.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Old Age Sticks [Pdf]
The complete poem "old age sticks" by E. E. Cummings along with space to write a revised version of the poem.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town [Pdf]
The complete poem "anyone lived in a pretty how town" by E. E. Cummings.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Chart [Pdf]
A worksheet for students to complete after reading Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snow Evening." Students are asked to determine whether statements are or are not supported by the text.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: After Apple Picking [Pdf]
The complete poem "After Apple Picking" by Robert Frost.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening [Pdf]
The complete poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Acquainted With the Night [Pdf]
The complete poem "Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Examples of Winter's Early Imagist Poetry
Two very good examples of imagist poetry. Links to author.
University at Buffalo
Univ. At Buffalo: Circle Association's Rita Dove Page
Site from the University at Buffalo is still under construction for a mini biography and bibliography. However, site does have an interview of Rita Dove from 1997 and thirteen writings or poems by Dove. Links to other African American...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Poetry in Translation
Wonderful multicultural/diversity poetry unit created by a Queens high school teacher. Students explore poetry from different cultures, including their own (in English and/or their native language).
CommonLit
Common Lit: Tsunami
A learning module that begins with the poem "Tsunami" by JonArno Lawson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...