Teaching Poetry Unit - Reading & Writing Poems - Packet, Activities, Templates

This no prep poetry bundle includes a huge variety of poems, templates, and activities to help make introducing your students to poetry easier on you. It bundles 4 poetry reading and writing resources together, helping you create an effective and engaging poetry unit.

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This No Prep Poetry Unit Includes:

1. No Prep Poetry Writing Templates and Packet Activities

36 pages of templates and worksheets to help your students successfully write 13 different kinds of poems:

• couplets
• haiku
• quatrains
• lantern poems
• cinquains
• tanka
• limericks
• diamante poems
• word sonnets
• alphabet poems
• biography poems
• acrostic poems
• shape poems

2. Figurative Language in Poetry

This resource contains 24 no prep printables to help your students practice reading, understanding, and writing figurative language in poetry.

This resource covers the following types of figurative language within poetry:

• similes
• metaphors
• alliteration
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

The worksheets have students read a variety of poems that include the different types of figurative language, as well as write their own poems that include figurative language.

3. Reading and Writing Haiku

This no prep haiku resource is an easy way for you to introduce your students to this form of poetry and makes a fun activity for spring or for National Poetry Month. Students will learn the "rules" of haiku, practice identifying haiku, answer questions about haiku form, answer comprehension questions, illustrate haiku, create their own haiku (with or without the templates provided), and learn about the history of a the haiku.

4. Reading and Writing Limericks

This no prep resource is an easy way for you to introduce your students to this fun form of poetry. Students will learn the "rules" of a limerick, practice identifying limericks and answer questions about their form and meaning, create their own limerick (with or without the templates provided), and learn about the history of a the limerick.

Learning about and writing limericks is a fun way to celebrate National Poetry Month, but it can also be used any time of year you want your students to learn and be engaged with poetry!

These poetry activities can be used in a variety of ways with your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students. Combine them into a huge poetry packet, or use different worksheets for morning work, homework, reading centers, writing centers, or independent practice.