Poems for middle school

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

Elevate your middle school English class with our latest poetry blog post! Uncover the power of poetry with the 5 best poems specially curated for your students. These poems are ideal for middle school kids to read and analyze. Ignite their love for literature and inspire creativity. Dive into the world of words now!

Dare to Dream

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

Imagine looking through your old yearbooks watching yourself grow up through elementary and middle school. Watch as an era ends.

Explore our collection of poetry reading worksheets designed to help students analyze and understand different forms of poetry. Enhance your poetry curriculum with these engaging and educational resources. Elevate your students' comprehension of poetry with our comprehensive worksheets. #PoetryReading #LiteraryLearning #ReadingComprehension #poetryreadingworksheets

Looking for new poetry for your middle school and high school students? These 30 poems, recommended and tested by secondary ELA teachers in their own classrooms, are sure to engage and inspire your students during National Poetry Month or any time of year.

Middle school students need to be explicityly taught about the difference between poetry vs. prose. Use my ELA anchor chart to keep it simple. Follow me on Pinterest for more anchor chart ideas!

Plus a free poetry worksheet bundle.

Teaching blackout poetry is an engaging way to help spruce up your poetry unit. Show a few examples, and your students will be eager to create a blackout masterpiece of their own. Keep reading to learn what blackout poetry is and just what you need to do to teach it. So, you’re thinking about teaching… Read More »A Beginner’s Guide To Teaching Blackout Poetry

Find out how I teach middle school students to interpret words and phrases using poetry. #teachingpoetry

Poetry Worksheet for students. Free download through Canva!