Poetry lesson

This article will guide you through using our elementary 3rd grade poetry worksheets – which include a variety of poems, worksheets, and poetry activities

A collection of different poetry lessons, activities, and projects, plus a TDA essay, digital escape room, and final test!

"I am from" poems make for an easy and rich poetry workshop. They celebrate our connection and our uniqueness. They are easy to write, and yet often lead to stunning images and surprising twists. Find out how to use them in class in this post from Spark Creativity.

Teaching poetry can be intimidating, but these fun poetry activities will make your job easier and have your students begging for more.

Analyzing poetry is a skill all our students need to develop. While students are required to investigate poems often, poetry analysis is still something that many students struggle with. That's why I'm a big fan of practice! I love to give students lots of opportunities to closely read and analyze poetry. (And I've put together a FREE one-pager that students can use with any poem!)

Hello Everyone! First of all, thank you for all the sweet comments on my last post. We are slowly but surely getting everything fixed and back together!! Feeling blessed!! Well, school starts in just 2 weeks! (Here in Texas, anyway) Some of you may have already started! If you have, I hope you're off to a smooth start!! This is the time of year when I update all my old documents/printables. I've gotten several e-mails asking to update the Poetry folder student cover with this year's date, so…

Nice chart for introducing kids to poetry.

The Best Poems for Teaching Poetry To Middle Schoolers! Figurative language, types of poems, sound devices, rhyme scheme, alliteration, symbolism, personificatin, hyperbole, literary devices. A list of poems for the most effective methods of teaching poetry to middle school students. All the greatest poets for middle school English literature classes: Maya Angelou, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Samuel Taylor Coolidge, Robert Frost, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Langston Hughes, Walt Whitman, ETC

Students will fall in love with reading and writing poetry after learning these key elements of poetry. With student guides, detailed lesson plans, and posters - you will have everything you need to teach a fun and engaging poetry unit.

Analyzing poetry is a skill all our students need to develop. While students are required to investigate poems often, poetry analysis is s...

Writers Write is a writing resource. In this post, American poet, e.e. cummings writes about being nobody-but-yourself.

I like to spend a couple weeks each year teaching my students about poetry. We do a number of fun activities in addition to reading and wr...

How to Teach Poetry Writing in 4 Easy Lessons, especially designed for elementary teachers