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Are Your Favorite Rockstars Poets?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders decide if the song lyrics that they listen to, could be considered a sonnet or a poem. They are invited to explore lyrics and their meaning. Students write a persuading argument on whatever they decide, but it must be...
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The Real Emily Dickinson

For Students 10th - 11th
Enhance your learners' knowledge of Emily Dickinson and her poetry. Specific questions ask for lines and words from poems. Feedback for an online quiz is available immediately.
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Bringing Household Items to Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Use folk tales as inspiration for learning about and using personification in creative writing. Learners brainstorm together in order to practice personification before writing their own poems or paragraphs about a household object.
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Pablita Indian Legends

For Teachers K - 3rd
Scholars are introduced to the characteristics of a legend. They read and discuss Old Father Story Teller by Pablita Velarde. Then, in groups, they write and illustrate a poem based on one of the legends from the book. This lesson plan...
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About Poems: Matching

For Students 5th - 7th
In this poetry vocabulary matching worksheet, students match the 21 words with their definitions. They match words that describe types of poetry and figurative language. The solution page does not work
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Halloween Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 4th
For this poetry worksheet, students write an acrostic poem using the letters in the word Halloween. They write the poem on a page that is decorated with a picture of children dressed in Halloween costumes at the top.
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Acrostic Poem Planning Sheet - Kites

For Students 3rd
In this poetry planning worksheet, students plan an acrostic poem about kites. They see the word "kites" printed vertically down the page and fill in the spaces next to each letter as they prepare to write the final poem.
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Acrostic Poem

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students use the letters in the word 'archery' to create an acrostic poem. Students write a word or phrase for the 7 letters.
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Acrostic Poem: Fly

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this poetry writing activity, students write an acrostic poem about a fly. Students use the letters in FLY to begin each new line of poetry.
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Fall Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this poetry learning exercise, students write an acrostic poem using the letters in the word "fall." They see a picture of an autumn colored forest scene at the top of the page.
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Acrostic Poem Plan: Teddy

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this poetry learning exercise, learners write an acrostic poem about teddy bears. Students use the letters in TEDDY to begin each line of their poem.
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Acrostic Poem: Final Draft Sheet- TEDDY

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this poetry writing worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about teddy bears on a decorated writing sheet. Students use the letters in TEDDY to begin each new line of poetry.
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Acrostic Poem: Athletics

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students compose a poem using each letter in the word "athletics" as a beginning letter for a descriptive poem on the topic.
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I Have a Dream Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students write a poem using the letters in the word dream. They see the words, "I have a dream," with an American flag at the top of the page.
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Presidents Acrostic

For Students 6th - 8th
For this writing worksheet, students choose adjectives and adverbs that begin with the letters of the word Presidents and list them next to each letter to create an acrostic poem.
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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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Mother's Day Poems and Lesson Plans

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Mother's Day poems and other types of activities can get students' creative juices flowing.
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Acrostic Poems Lesson Plans

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Acrostic poetry is a fun and simple form of poetry for your students to explore.
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Creative Writing Unit: Analyzing, Interpreting, Discussing and Writing Various Genres of African-American Literature

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A six-week unit takes high schoolers through various works of African-American literature, including poems, plays, and short stories. The lesson plan format includes a week-by-week description of activities, goals, materials, and...
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Symphonic Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students interpret the themes in Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, create a 6-line poem based on the themes in the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, and define musical terms related to the study of programmatic music in...
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That Doesn’t Sound Right to Me

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Does pajamas rhyme with llamas to you? If it does (and even if it doesn't), an online lesson on rewording poetry for regional pronunciation may be helpful for you and your students.
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Dance: Sharp and Smooth Energy Qualities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use different qualities of movement to express themselves. For this lesson on movement, students use different qualities of energy and then use their experience as an inspiration for writing poetry.
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Friendship Cinquains

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners discover that a cinquain is a simple five-line poem that follows a pattern. They interview a friend and use what they learn to write a cinquain about that person. As an added touch, each of the poems are written inside the shape...
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Be the Poet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work through a Haiku Organizer to determine the characteristics they use to write eight haiku poems on a theme that they choose. They design presentation folders of their completed work.

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