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Keats' Poems Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about the poetry of John Keats. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Shelley's Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Letter L

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will have fun learning about the letter "L" with the activities in this lesson plan. The author suggests reading "Lightning Bug" from the McGraw-Hill reading book. However, you may find other poems that are fitting for this...
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Digital Storytelling Lesson Plans Bring Stories to Life

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students can use technology to enhance and improve their stories using digital storytelling lesson plans.
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Picture It: Teaching Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
There are many fun and effective ways to teach students to write descriptively.
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Edgar Allan Poe Quiz: Poetry

For Students 8th - 10th
If you are planning a lesson on Poe's poetry, you may be able to use some of the questions from this online interactive quiz. It covers numerous poems and requires matching the poem with the line of poetry.
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Poetry, Two Pictures

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this language arts instructional activity, students read several poems. They illustrate each poem, and discuss patterns in the poetry such as meter and alliteration. Guiding questions and answers are included with each poem or set of...
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Dirty Dan Isn't Dull!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read smoothly and expressively while noticing punctuation and using voice inflection to emphasize important words and phrases in the text. They listen to and reread a poem in small groups. Students discuss how the poem sounds...
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Where I'm From: Imitative Poem

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze 'Where I'm From' by George Ella Lyon. In this poetry lesson plan students examine the content and structure of the poem and mimic it to create a similar poem of their own.
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Seven Jumps

For Teachers K - 5th
Students learn a dance to the song "Seven Jumps."
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History through Poetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after analyzing the poem The Charge of the Light Brigade, discuss its significance to the Crimean War. They explore how war is perceived from a non-military point of view.
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Puzzling Poetry

For Students 6th - 7th
In this language arts worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle. Clues refer to types of poetry such as ballad, chant, couplet, clerihew, limerick and tanka.
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Boundaries That Inspire: The Sestina

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study the poetic term "enjambment". They use one word as more than one part of speech and let words (instead of ideas) inspire lines and non-sequential, dreamlike, compulsive narrative.
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The Wind

For Students Pre-K - K
In this reading worksheet, students read a poem called "The Wind." Students underline the rhyming words and write them on the next page. Students also color in two illustrations of the poem.
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Connecting Poetry with Philanthropy

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners use their knowledge of philanthropy and poetic conventions to write original poetry about philanthropic giving. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students write poetry based on philanthropy using poetic conventions....
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Using Rock to Teach Literary Devices: Jimi Hendrix “The Wind Cries Mary”

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore literary elements through music. In this figurative language activity, students examine imagery and personification in "The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix.
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The Witch of Goingsnake

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students complete literary analysis activities using proverbs. In this proverbs lesson, students interpret a proverb and discuss the structure of poems. Students write essays explaining the summary statement and complete a Venn diagram...
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Spanish Prepositional Phrases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate their knowledge of Spanish prepositional phrases by reciting a poem and using hand motions.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Slave's Dream"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's contribution to the anti-slavery movement. They read and analyze a poem, identify the poem's techniques, and write a critique of the poem, "The Slave's Dream."
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Homophones and Vivid Verbs

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students define and practice using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and homophones in complete sentences, paragraphs and essays. They include "vivid verbs" in their writing with the aid of a dictionary or thesaurus.
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Courage comes in all sizes: King Day

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a cinquain poem in groups about philanthropy and heroes. In this heroes lesson plan, 3rd graders review characteristics of heroes and how they demonstrate justice, kindness, and contribute to the common good. Then...
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The Witch of Goingsnake

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students complete literary analysis and writing activities using The Witch of Goingsnake. In this literary analysis lesson plan, students interpret a proverb, read poems, complete a quaker reading, and complete research for the lesson...
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Valerie Bloom Poetry

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students listen to Granny Is, a poem by Valerie Bloom and discuss the metaphors in the poem.  In this poetry lesson, students read poetry written by Valerie Bloom and discuss the techniques she uses. Students write grandmother poems.
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Reading Fluency Poetry Reading

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders observe video of poem recitations of a person reciting a poem. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders discuss rhythm and rhyme of poetry as well as pauses within poems. Students choose a poem, in a small group, and...

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