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Winter is a hectic time - events around every corner and students excited for a long winter break. Celebrate the winter season and sail through a week of poetry writing with ease with my Winter Writing Poetry Mini Unit - your lessons are planned for you as you take your students through brainstorming, drafting, poetic requirements, and revisions of their very own winter-themed poem. Finish up the process with decorative stationary for the final copy of the poem, or use the digital version of this resource for a paperless poetry experience!
❤️Why you will LOVE this resource!
There are so many different ways to roll out poetry-writing to your students, and it’s really easy for lessons to get off-track and students to get overwhelmed. This Poetry Mini Unit has clear lessons for the week and all of the materials you need to bring students from a Day 1 Brainstorm to a Day 5 Rubric.
✅Your Winter Writing Poetry Resource Includes:
Multiple Formats
- PDF PRINT & GO version
- Links to an EDITABLE version
- Links to a DIGITAL version
Teacher Information
- The Big Picture question, Essential Questions and CCSS
- Notes to the Teacher detailing what to do on each of the 4 days of the mini-unit
4 Student Handouts
- Brainstorm & Requirements
- Drafting
- Poetic Devices
- Revisions
Extra Resources for the Unit
- Sample Poem with highlighted Great Verbs and Poetic Devices
- Peer-Conference Sheet
- 2 Grading Rubrics for you to choose from to align to your grading policy
Decorated Stationary for students to write their final poems
❤️See what teachers like you are saying about the Winter Poetry Writing Resource:
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Heather K. says, "Such a great activity! Working perfectly with my kids as we are working on surviving until Winter Break :)."
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Marie Z. says, "This is awesome! It has a very detailed lesson description which is easy to follow and lots of organizers/examples to support the students!!"
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