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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: There's a Worm

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with the poem "There's a Worm" 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...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Sleeping With the Baby

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Sleeping with the Baby" 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...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Humpty Dumpty

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Humpty Dumpty" 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...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: I Practiced

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
A learning module that begins with the poem "I Practiced" 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...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Mothers

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Mothers" 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 student...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Fuzzy Wuzzy

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This interactive features the tongue twister Fuzzy Wuzzy.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will read A Worn Path by Eudora Welty recording important events with a partner and then create a bio-poem on Pheonix.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: The Wwi Origins of the Poppy as a Remembrance Symbol

For Students 9th - 10th
The Remembrance Day symbolism of the poppy started with a poem written by a World War I brigade surgeon who was struck by the sight of the red flowers growing on a ravaged battlefield. From the devastated landscape of the battlefields,...
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Tp Castt

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This strategy helps students refine their understanding of poetry to meet reading expectations, engage in group conversations to meet speaking and listening expectations, prepare for writing about texts, and engage in language analysis...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters: Paul Revere [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students explore the life of Paul Revere through the lens of a painting of the Midnight Run. Using the painting as a springboard, students write and enact a poem illustrating the event.
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eBook
Other

Selfknowledge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from SelfKnowlege.com provides the text of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge, with notes. It also has several links to information on Coleridge.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "All So Different"

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
A poem about how many different types of animals there are in the world.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "Always in Trouble"

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
A poem about a child who is always getting in trouble.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "Benjamin Bear"

For Students 2nd - 4th
A poem about a child who lost, and then found, her stuffed animal Benjamin Bear.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "Balloons"

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
A poem about children letting a hundred balloons go up into the sky.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "The Bestest Dog"

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
A poem about the best dog and all the things he can do.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "The Computer Mouse"

For Students 5th - 8th
Read this four-stanza poem about a mouse that helps you work your computer.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "Controlled by the Clock"

For Students 4th - 7th
A poem about a boy named Timothy and his busy schedule.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "Cows"

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
A poem about cows as they roam through the pasture.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "Curiosity Can Lead to a Fall"

For Students 4th - 6th
A poem about a little fairy who learned that being too curious can be dangerous.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "A Dish of Mother's Apple Pie"

For Students K - 1st
A poem about how a cow would like hay for a treat, but we would like mother's apple pie instead.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "The Duck and the Kangaroo"

For Students K - 1st
A poem about a duck who wants to take a ride on a kangaroo's tail.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "Earth's a Wonderful Place"

For Students 3rd - 6th
A poem about a firework and its journey throught the sky.
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Primary
Josie's Poems

Josie's Poems: "Fish and Chips Again"

For Students 3rd - 5th
A poem about a king and a queen who love fish and chips, and thier son who does not.