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Reading Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Present your class with an overview of poetry-related information. The slides are clearly organized by topic, starting with reading poetry, ending with myths, and touching on everything from the five senses to open and closed forms of...
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7th Grade Poetry Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Ask your pupils to explore the sounds, forms, and language of poetry by putting together a portfolio of their own work. In a binder, learners collect the poems listed on the second page of the assignment sheet. Each individual creates a...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Writing Strategy

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
How do your pupils believe others see them? Invite them to write narratives to explore the image they present to the word. The narratives, inspired by The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, are to be set at each pupil's hypothetical funeral.
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Identifying Figurative Language From Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 8th - 10th
In this figurative language instructional activity, students identify the figurative language technique being used in each of the 10 sentences. The sentences are based on Edgar Allan Poe's literary work.
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Find the Mean #1

For Students 2nd - 5th
For this numbers worksheet, students study 8 sets of numbers and determine the mean for each set. Students write their answers in the boxes provided.
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Poetic Devices in Songs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
By teaching about poetic devices in music teachers can provide a creative way to practice reading, writing, and language skills.
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Poetry Group Activity

For Students 10th - 11th
In this Romeo and Juliet worksheet, learners complete a group project by creating a poem on an assigned topic relating to themes found in Romeo and Juliet.
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Imagery and Sound Devices: In Preparation for Reading Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders analyze Ray Bradbury's use of techniques and elements of fiction as well as nonfiction in the novel Dandelion Wine. In this novel analysis lesson, 12th graders analyze the sensory techniques in Dandelion Wine. Students...
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Literary Lingo

For Teachers 6th
Students make connections between reading and writing. In this language arts lesson, students explore literary elements as they examine a number of texts and practice implementing figurative language into their writing.
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Painless Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choose two poems they like and share them with the class. Then they write their own poems using various forms.
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Language Arts, Music, Poetry: Blues Style

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This lesson focuses on how the blues both operates as poetry and informs the poetry of many prominent African American poets. Students consider the poetic devices and recurring themes in blues lyrics and the significance of the poetry of...
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Personalized Poetry Portfolio

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create their own poetry portfolio containing poems that relate to Students' lives and families. The portfolio consist of the following types of poems: acrostic, diamante`, haiku, cinquain, and free verse.
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Figuring Out Frost

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read "The Runaway" by Robert Frost and analyze it for its literal and symbolic meanings. They compare their personal experiences with the poet's suggestions about youthful attitudes and behaviors. Some nice worksheets are...
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Making Poetry Writing Fun!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars find a group of words from an unlikely source and turn them into a poem. They discuss the central image in two well-known poems by Langston Hughes and Emily Dickinson. They write their own short poem expressing one...
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Poetic Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a poetic analysis on a poem by Carl Sandburg. They take their previous knowledge of poetic devices and apply them to a piece of writing that displays their knowledge on a specific poem. They explain what they know about a...
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Poems for Every Season

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read and explore autumn poetry. In this poetry lesson plan, students read Autumnblings and are introduced to different poetic forms. Lesson includes ideas for exploring the poetic forms presented in the book and cross-curricular...
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Partners for the Common Good: One Day

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, 4th graders compare for profit and nonprofit organizations. Students explore nonprofit organizations in their community and discuss their philanthropic...
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Teaching Selected Poems from Jim Wayne Miller's the Brier Poems

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the basic elements of poetry through Appalachian life poetry. In this poetry instructional activity, students read seven poems from Jim Wayne Miller's the Brier Poems and complete poetry analysis activities for each poem.
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Haunting Music

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover music that was inspired by the spooky and bizarre. In this music of Hector Berlioz and Camille Saint-Saens activity, students identify elements of music and listen to the Symphonie Fantastique and Danse Macabre....
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Poetry Analysis Lesson and Rubric

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Analyzing poetry can be done using a variety of techniques that tap into student's prior knowledge.
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Connecting Poetry with Philanthropy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the different types of poetic conventions. They write a poem about philanthropy using these conventions. They illustrate their poem with artwork of their choice.
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Portraits of Power-A Set of 6 Activities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe visual techniques used by artists to convey a sense of power and importance.
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Deciphering the Mechanics of Poetry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read and listen to various types of poetry. They analyze the meaning of the poems by examining the use of poetic devices, voice and author's intention.
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Poetry Search

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this Literature worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to poetry. There are 27 words located in the word search.

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