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Poetry Common Core SL.9-10.1b resources
Socratic Seminar and Activities: Poetry Analysis of “If” by Rudyard Kipling
Fun and engaging! An easy to implement Socratic seminar and more! A great way to introduce Socratic seminar, promote active learning, and begin or end the school year with a positive, inspirational message. Socratic seminar is an excellent way to infuse 21st century skills and higher order thinking skills into learning. This 62-slide, Common Core aligned PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling. It is easy to implement and will promot
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Socratic Seminar and Activities: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Frost
Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 55-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, which is a fitting poem for the winter season. The resource includes a well-organized protocol for conducting a formal discussion or Socratic seminar based on Frost’s poem. On Day 1 and Day 2 students complete several poetry, writing, and vocabular
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Narrative Writing Lesson - Descriptive Writing Prompts with Pictures for Setting
Teach narrative writing with these descriptive writing prompts with pictures! This creative writing lesson will teach students how to establish setting using the “zoom” method. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!Included with this Narrative Writing Lesson for Descriptive Writing:✏️ Descriptive Writing Informational HandoutsDefine key terms for narrative writing and explore strategies for establishing setting✏️ Descriptive Writing Prompts with Pictures -
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6th - 10th
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Socratic Seminar and Activities: Mother to Son, a poem by Langston Hughes
Need an easy-to-implement, step-by-step, interesting Socratic seminar resource? Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 56-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar and activities featuring the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. The resource includes a well-organized protocol for conducting a formal discussion or Socratic seminar based on Hughes’ poem. On Day 1 and Day 2 students complete several po
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Socratic Seminar & Poetry Analysis Activities: A Poison Tree by William Blake
A fun resource that builds community in the classroom! Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 63-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “A Poison Tree” by William Blake. This seminar would be an excellent way to address problems with bullying or to discuss openly anger management skills. The resource includes a well-organized protocol for conducting a formal discussion or Socratic s
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
MyPerspectives British Literature Unit 1: Slides & Creative Handouts (BUNDLE!)
This British Literature unit plan (112 Slides) encapsulates a Beowulf Study and various poetry, all of which express the theme of heroism. The unit allows students to explore the mark of a hero and take a stance on heroism deriving from success OR sacrifice based on the texts in the unit in the form of an end of unit essay assessment. This resource includes do now's, exit tasks, discussion questions, video links, theme-related poetry, as well as an end-of-unit assessment. Students will engage wi
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9th - 12th
Halloween: Edgar Allan Poe, Faulkner, Lovecraft, Keats Ekphrastic Poems Werewolf
Halloween unit: William Faulkner "A Rose for Emily", Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, John Keats, Metallica and Nick cave lyric analysis, Werewolf game, Ekphrastic poetry, Anne Sexton, scary stories, poems, lessons, and assignments. Includes:* Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" explores gothic horror and the American Civil War* H. P. Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model" and "Call of Cthulu" explores Cosmic Horror* What is Squamous? H. P. Lovecraft vocabulary unit on "Lovecraftian vocabulary"* Edgar Allen P
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9th - 12th
The Poet X FULL UNIT (14 classes)
This complete ELA unit for the verse novel The Poet X includes a comprehensive UBD unit plan (Common Core Standards met, transferable skills, understandings, essential questions, assessments, and a day-by-day lesson plan with pacing recommendations), an introductory Google slideshow for the unit, annotation homework assignments, daily Google Slideshows for each class discussion, a cumulative assessment poetry project, tools for running a poetry-writing workshop in the classroom, and an end-of-un
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8th - 12th
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Shakespeare Digital Escape Room for Distance Learning
If you are looking for the perfect way to introduce or review Shakespeare with your students, look no further than the Shakespeare Digital Escape Room for use with Google Drive!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate our popular Shakespeare Escape Room at home for distance learning or in the classroom us
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Shakespeare Escape Room Bundle - In Class & Digital
Asian Literature Unit Plan
This resource (81 Slides) encapsulates Asian literary works of authors from Vietnam, India, China, etc. Students will be taught about the Asian Diaspora and how the literature and even paintings of Asian authors and artists reflect the diaspora. This resource includes creative activities, discussion questions, and links for short stories, interviews, videos, etc. used. BONUS: Includes a literary element mini-lesson where students analyze ten main literary elements.
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9th - 12th
Also included in: World Literature BUNDLE: 4 UNITS ( YEAR LONG)
50 Creative Writing Prompts - Creative Writing Activities for Narrative Writing
These creative writing activities will inspire your students in their narrative writing! Includes 3 interactive writing activities and 50+ creative writing prompts that can be used as daily writing journal prompts or story starters. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! Included with these Creative Writing Activities for Middle School and High School:✏️ “Sentence Starters” Creative Writing Activity - Digital & Print16 unique and engaging sentence starte
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6th - 10th
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Survivor Poetry Unit--UPDATED
Combine the popularity of reality television with your poetry unit for the most fun your students will ever have reading poetry. Students form groups--each representing a different poet--and compete in four presentation challenges. After each, the class votes until we have a winner! Packet includes lesson schedules, information sheets, planning sheets, grading sheets, an original logo designed by a professional graphic artist, tips for keeping this fun, and more. Out write, out rhythm, out r
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7th - 11th
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Long Way Down (Reynolds) Figurative Language Scoot/Stations + QUIZ
This activity is based on the verse novel Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds.There are multiple ways you can use this activity, and you can find ideas in the directions. I have used Stations for this activity, where the students work in pairs and travel around the room/classroom and identify for each card.There are 24 numbered cards with passages from Long Way Down. Just cut the cards along the lines. Students must identify the figurative language demonstrated in each card. This can be done by play
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8th - 11th
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American Voices Unit Plan BUNDLE (American Literature)
This resource is a comprehensive combination of slides (97 slides), activities, do-nows, vocabulary, comprehension check questions, highly engaging writing tasks, mini-lessons, discussion questions, and assessments, making teaching American Voices fun, engaging, and efficient. Texts included in this unit:"Music for My Mother""A Quilt of a Country""American History""The Immigrant Contribution""Rules of the Game""The Writing on the Wall""With a Little Help From My Friends""Morning Talk""Immigrant
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8th - 12th
Paint Chip Poetry
This resource is a fun and engaging lesson and activity where students use paint chips to analyze color connotations, develop descriptions using the different shades, and create a poem using the imagery created based on the paint chips.
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6th - 12th
"My Honest Poem" (First Week of School Activity)
This resource incorporates Rudy Fransisco's "Honest Poem" and encourages students to model after his poem in creating their own poems of their personal truth. Students can use the outline provided or create their own free-form poems. This first-week-of-school activity aids in creating a positive learning environment.
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8th - 12th
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Asian Literature Unit Corresponding Printable Handouts BUNDLE
This resource includes 77 pages of printable handouts, activities, writing prompts, etc., accompanying the Asian Lit Unit.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Asian Literature Unit BUNDLE (SLIDES & HANDOUTS)
Romeo & Juliet: Engaging Act 3 Handouts / Activities
This resource includes four engaging activities for Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet to allow students to interact with the text creatively and educationally!(This resource is part of a bundle of Romeo & Juliet Resources which is also for sale!)
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9th - 12th
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¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de poesía?
This unit contains a large number of activities on poetry: rhetorical figures, requirements and tips for writing poems, working with poetic language, poetic resources and games, as well as a multitude of examples.In the final project, students will write their own self-portrait in the form of a poem.In addition, we will learn about some poets such as Pablo Neruda, Alfonsina Storni, Edgar Allan Poe, Juan Gelman, Mario Benedetti or Bertolt Brecht among others and, we will work with poetic resource
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Poetry Anthology Project - National Poetry Month - 12-Day Unit Plan
Looking for an engaging way to celebrate National Poetry Month with your students? In this project, students work in groups to curate a unique poetry anthology centered around a theme of their choice.Each student is responsible for finding published poems that fit the theme, providing an opportunity to read a high volume of poetry and improve literary analysis skills. They also get to showcase their creativity by writing an original poem to contribute to the anthology. Students are proud to see
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9th - 12th
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Sonnet X by John Donne ("Death Be Not Proud") Close Reading Worksheet for Google
Help high school students go beyond general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking skills with this self-grading close reading analysis worksheet covering Sonnet X, also known as "Death be Not Proud," by metaphysical poet John Donne. An answer key is included. Materials are made for Google Drive. (Alternatively, printable options are available.)By engaging with this close reading activity, students will:Read for literal and interpretive comprehensionApply knowle
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9th - 12th
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Home.Girl.Hood. Curriculum with Poems
To be used in conjunction with the Home.Girl.Hood. collection of poetry by award-winning, international touring poet and performance artist Ebony Stewart, this is a versatile curriculum designed to encourage the reading, analysis, discussion, collaboration, and writing of poetry. The collection of poetry covers a wide spectrum of content, including communication, love, masculinity, racism, violence, and more. Each lesson has an easy to implement, reliable pattern of instruction and activity, inc
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Home.Girl.Hood. Deluxe Curriculum
To be used in conjunction with the Home.Girl.Hood. collection of poetry by award-winning, international touring poet and performance artist Ebony Stewart, this is a versatile curriculum designed to encourage the reading, analysis, discussion, collaboration, and writing of poetry. The collection of poetry covers a wide spectrum of content, including communication, love, masculinity, racism, violence, and more. Each lesson has an easy to implement, reliable pattern of instruction and activity, inc
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Home.Girl.Hood. Curriculum
To be used in conjunction with the Home.Girl.Hood. collection of poetry by award-winning, international touring poet and performance artist Ebony Stewart, this is a versatile curriculum designed to encourage the reading, analysis, discussion, collaboration, and writing of poetry. The collection of poetry covers a wide spectrum of content, including communication, love, masculinity, racism, violence, and more. Each lesson has an easy to implement, reliable pattern of instruction and activity, inc
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Learn more about poetry resources
Poetry encourages students to engage with language, explore their thoughts and feelings, and connect with the broader human experience. If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital poetry resources, look no further. TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
If you want to make poets out of younger students in elementary grades, then acrostic poems or fill in the blank poems are the perfect place to start. (In fact, many poetry resources on TPT include templates so your students can easily get started producing their own poetry, whether it’s a haiku, or limerick.) For older students in middle and high school, you can find an array of resources to teach them about everything from iambic pentameter, figurative language, to famous poets from history. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your students’ poetry skills in no time.
Fun and engaging poetry activities to try
Teaching students about poetry can be an engaging and creative experience. Here are a few ideas for poetry activities that you can find on TPT to help you introduce and explore the world of poetry with your students:
Poetic Device Scavenger Hunt
Distribute some poems and have students identify and highlight poetic devices like similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery. Discuss what these are and the overall impact on the reader's experience.
Poetry Analysis Jigsaw
Divide students into small groups, assigning each group a different poem. Have each group analyze the assigned poem's themes, tone, and literary devices, and present their findings to the class.
Poetry Slam or Performance
Organize a poetry slam where students can perform poems they’ve written themselves or those written by famous poets. This will help build confidence and strengthen their public speaking skills.
Writing Poetry from Different Perspectives
Ask students to write a poem from the perspective of an inanimate object or an animal to foster empathy and encourage creative, out-of-the-box thinking.
Creating Found Poetry
Provide magazines, newspapers, or online articles. Have students cut out interesting words and phrases, and use them to create their own unique poems.
These (and other!) activities can help deepen your students’ appreciation for poetry and enhance their creative writing skills.
Frequently asked questions about teaching poetry
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There are many different types of poetry resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular poetry lessons include learning how to write haikus, acrostic poems, limericks, and free verse.
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