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Poetry: What's on Your Plate?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create original poetry on the subject of food.  For this poetry writing lesson, students use sensory details about a food item to create a class poem.  Students then write short poems with one sensory detail and add another...
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Qualities of a Poetry Slam

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover the qualities of a poetry slam. In this poetry lesson plan, students conduct research to learn how slams are conducted and performances are scored. Students participate in their own poetry slam competition.
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Fish Swimming--A Poem by Moniza Alvi

For Students 6th - 8th
For this poetry analysis worksheet, students read the poem "Fish Swimming," and discuss the metaphors in the poem. Students complete eight activities based on the poem, including rewriting the subject of the poem and watching two...
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Analysis of Frost's poem The Road Not Taken

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars read and analyze the Robert Frost poem, "The Road Not Taken." They identify the meter and rhyme, describe the purpose, and write a paragraph about what kind of job they plan to have and why they have chosen it
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Acrostic Poems: What's In a Name?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students find words that begin with the letters in their own names, using a variety of sources including word banks and online dictionaries. They create an acrostic poem. Pupils revise poems as needed, for meaning and conventions. ...
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Found Poem - Found Song

For Students 6th - 9th
In this Louisiana music worksheet, students learn that a found poem is made using words and phrases from some things they have read and, then write a found poem following the steps listed on the worksheet.
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Rap as Lyrical Poetry

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners investigate the history of rap as an analysis of lyrical poetry and hip hop culture. For this rap analysis lesson, students watch a PBS NewsHour clip about the difference between rap music and hip hop culture. Learners analyze...
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Response to Literature: Anecdotal and Saga Memoir Poems

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students differentiate between anecdotal and saga memoir poems. In this response to literature lesson students analyze poems written by others then analyze incidents from their own lives to determine whether they meet the criteria for...
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Performance Poetry as Social Commentary

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars explore poetry that examines social concerns. In this poetry lesson, students research poems and poets. Young scholars present their findings to their classmates.
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Beginning Sounds: Poem

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identifying beginning sounds. In this phonics lesson, students review different beginning sounds and read a poem. Students then work together to identify the words in the poem with their particular beginning sound.
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Diamante Poems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss what diamante stands for in English. They discover the elements of a Diamante poem by observing the teacher writing a poem. Using their journals, 3rd graders create their poem using different parts of speech and...
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Concrete Poems

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to several poems containing shapes as well as selected concrete poems. They brainstorm a list of their favorite things and then come up with ten words that relate to the top five things chosen by the students. They...
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Dialect Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine the life and works of Paul Laurance Dunbar. In groups, they read various poems of his and use a database to examine the covers of his books. They also discuss the criticism he faced during his life and how he dealt...
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Snake Acrostic

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, learners write an acrostic poem describing a snake. Students write lines for the word slither which contains 7 letters.
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A Poem About Sadako

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this poetry writing worksheet students use the letters SADAKO to write an acrostic poem. Each letter will begin the next line of poetry.
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Puzzling Poetry

For Students 6th - 7th
In this language arts learning exercise, students complete a crossword puzzle. Clues refer to types of poetry such as ballad, chant, couplet, clerihew, limerick and tanka.
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Life Cycle Poetry Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
In this life cycle poetry activity, students read "La Grerue" by Sandy Hebert LaBry and reflect on the theme of traditional learning and teaching. Students further analyze the poem by answering 3 short answer questions that follow it.
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Acrostic Poem Plan: Athletics

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this poetry writing worksheet, students write a rough draft of an acrostic poem about athletics. Students use the letters in ATHLETICS to begin each line of poetry.
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Resilient Poetry

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students read The Seven Resiliencies, a Maya Angelou poem, and complete writing activities to analyze the concept of resiliency. In this poetry activity, students group in a circle to read the resiliency handout and discuss the text....
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Sound Devices in Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the impact of sound devices in poetry. In this poetry lesson, students read the listed poems and identify uses of alliteration, repetition, consonance, rhythm, rhyme, and slang. Students discuss how sound devices enhance...
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Borrowed Poem Performance: Practice for Slam

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice for a poetry slam. For this poetry lesson, students select borrowed poems to perform in a poetry slam in order to participate in their own poetry slam competition.
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Hats acrostic poem

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this poetry worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about hats by beginning each line with a letter in the word "Hats."
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Poetry Analysis Device: TPCASTT

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners analyze the key elements of poetry using a mnemonic device.  The device: TPCASTT (title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude, shifts, title and theme).
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Poetry as Social Commentary

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students read poems with social commentaries. In this poetry analysis instructional activity, students read poems selected by their instructors and complete the provided social commentary chart to determine how the poems speak out...

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