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Reader Response Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write Cinquain poems about a novel.
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The Poetry of Chinoiserie

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study Asian works of art and Japanese haiku. They then take this knowledge and create an original haiku in response to other works of art.
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Poetic Devices: The Sounds of Poetry

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students review examples and definitions of different poetic devices. In this poetic devices lesson, students interact with the website by reading definitions and looking at examples of poetic devices such as onomatopoeia, repetition,...
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Raptor Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Learners create poems about raptors. They discuss raptors and create three poems including at least two of the following: haiku, diamante, found, and acrostic. They create a classroom book of poems or conduct a poetry slam where students...
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Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about the holiday. Students use the letters in THANKSGIVING to start each new line of poetry.
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CHINESE NEW YEAR

For Students 4th - 6th
In this acrostic worksheet, students are given one line for each corresponding letter of the words "Chinese New Year". They are asked to write a poem, beginning the first word in each line with the appropriate letter.
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Haiku In Color

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students engage in a lesson plan that is concerned with the concept of Haiku Poetry. They read a variety of samples of text to create the context for practicing the composition of new poetry. The lesson plan contains questions for the...
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Your Name in an Acrostic Poem

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a word processing program (Word, Claris Works...) to create an acrostic poem.
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March Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students use the letters MARCH to begin each line of an acrostic poem about the month of March.
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Circus Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this language arts worksheet, students write an acrostic poem using the letters CIRCUS. Students write their poem inside a circus tent design.
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Acrostic Poem Plan: Archery

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students write 5 or 6 words that start with each letter in the word archery. Students relate the words to traffic safety and then write the acrostic poem with the words.
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Poetry: "Seven Types of Shadow"

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars examine the way ghosts are portrayed in films and literature. In this poetry lesson plan, students listen to  the first five stanzas of the poem "Seven Types of Shadow" read by U A Fanthorpe on The Poetry Archive...
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Creative Writing - Poetry Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after following step by step instructions/guidelines, contract to make a particular grade on a poetry project. They purpose of this project is to complete a collection of poetry using a variety of techniques studied in class,...
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Take a Breath, Steal Some Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
  Young scholars explore the art of haiku's by listening to, modeling and creating them.  In this haiku poetry lesson, students choose an object to focus their haiku on.  After hearing a brief history of the haiku; young...
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Haiku, Limerick, Acrostic

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm about favorite types of movies and why they are liked. They investigate different types of poetry from examples given in class. Using the examples they attempt to generate their own poems. .
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Appreciating Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars examine different types of poetry. They choose a poem and write it on another piece of paper practicing their cursive writing. They illustrate their poem and shares them with the class.
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Out of the Dust: Open Form Poetry

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners write a description of their own life in the same style used in the first poem in Out of the Dust.  In this Out of the Dust lesson, students discuss open form poetry and how the spacing and line breaks create a flow to...
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Exploring Selected Haiku by Issa

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore poetry by Issa. In this haiku activity, students discuss and list the attributes of Japanese haiku as the read poetry by Issa. Students write their own haiku following the criteria presented.
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Identifying Sounds of Poetry

For Students 5th - 8th
In this poetry worksheet, students read different poetry and identify the type of poetry that is being used based on the sound. Students complete 10 short answer questions.
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The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 8th - 10th
If you're teaching an entire unit on poems by Edgar Allan Poe, this online interactive quiz may be useful to you as it covers numerous poems and requires identifying which poem is the source of the quote.
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Edgar Allan Poe: Tales and Poems

For Students 8th - 10th
While the mechanical errors present in this quiz render it useless as is, you may find it helpful in generating your own questions on various Edgar Allan Poe stories and poems.
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Memorial Day Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this acrostic poem worksheet, students use the letters in word "Memorial" to write an acrostic poem.
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Robert Burns quiz

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
Confirm readers' knowledge of Robert Burns and his poetry with this online quiz. Though all questions are multiple-choice, they are a little more in-depth. Receive answers automatically with a click of the mouse!
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February Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 4th
In this poetry worksheet, students use the letters in the word February to write an acrostic poem on a page that has a picture of a groundhog and an amethyst at the top.

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